Speculations of new Finnair routes or frequencies
Jan 16, 2019, 12:52 am
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Or could be just reinforcing the service offering for their perhaps #1 market, Hong Kong.
Jan 16, 2019, 1:52 am
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I am curious to what they actually added. Using the region/language selector at finnair.com I see no option corresponding to "traditional". The HK selector is iso-code ZH, so it is Cantonese but I am not skilled enough to see how it is scripted. Is it trad or simplified? Canto can be scripted in simplified to a certain degree, but not all words.
I guess canto speakers in HK would prefer traditional while canto speakers in GuangZhou would "prefer" simplified.
If they added the min nan dialect TW Hokkien (that would be a mess as it didn't appear in writing until ≈200 years ago and uses a mix of characters
I would give the rumor some credit! 
I guess canto speakers in HK would prefer traditional while canto speakers in GuangZhou would "prefer" simplified.
If they added the min nan dialect TW Hokkien (that would be a mess as it didn't appear in writing until ≈200 years ago and uses a mix of characters
I would give the rumor some credit!
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Jan 16, 2019, 4:16 am
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Thanks, I thought so but was unsure.
So what OP may have meant is that ZH was added to the site and so what was posted in post 76 is the likely explanation. Ie not an indication of a Taiwan route.
So what OP may have meant is that ZH was added to the site and so what was posted in post 76 is the likely explanation. Ie not an indication of a Taiwan route.
Jan 16, 2019, 5:04 am
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Heh, Wasn't really being super serious about my post. It was based on Finnair news letter sent to HKG subscribers titled "Finnair.com now available in Traditional Chinese". Just crossing my fingers for a service to Taiwan. In Busan right now visiting and while its a nice city I have a hard time believing the traffic here would be better than Taipei.
Jan 16, 2019, 6:00 am
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Yeah, I'd love to see TPE added, too.
But for now, Star Alliance works fine for all my TW, HK and CN needs.
But for now, Star Alliance works fine for all my TW, HK and CN needs.
Jan 23, 2019, 2:07 am
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Jan 30, 2019, 9:52 am
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Not really a speculation, more an observation
TF is opening a 2 weekly GOT-LYS, Mon/Thur starting march 04.
Finnair is not selling it so far, instead continuing to offer a CDG connection onto the AY/AF codeshare.
And not very likely to happen either, just posting if someone wants to take the odd route.
TF is opening a 2 weekly GOT-LYS, Mon/Thur starting march 04.
Finnair is not selling it so far, instead continuing to offer a CDG connection onto the AY/AF codeshare.
And not very likely to happen either, just posting if someone wants to take the odd route.
Jan 30, 2019, 10:05 am
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Not really a speculation, more an observation
TF is opening a 2 weekly GOT-LYS, Mon/Thur starting march 04.
Finnair is not selling it so far, instead continuing to offer a CDG connection onto the AY/AF codeshare.
And not very likely to happen either, just posting if someone wants to take the odd route.
TF is opening a 2 weekly GOT-LYS, Mon/Thur starting march 04.
Finnair is not selling it so far, instead continuing to offer a CDG connection onto the AY/AF codeshare.
And not very likely to happen either, just posting if someone wants to take the odd route.
Jan 30, 2019, 10:54 am
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Amazing, isn't it!
In the 90's Braathens bought "Malmö Aviation" which flew under the TF code. But TF wasn't merged with BU and when SK bought Braathens, the family kept Malmö Aviation, which recently got rebranded Braathens. So still norwegian, still same family owner!
I flew the orignal Braathens on MMX-FBU in in 1992, on what I believe was my first ever logged non-charter flight. I vivdly remember being blown-away when they didn't charge for coffee&cognac after the meal.
In the 90's Braathens bought "Malmö Aviation" which flew under the TF code. But TF wasn't merged with BU and when SK bought Braathens, the family kept Malmö Aviation, which recently got rebranded Braathens. So still norwegian, still same family owner!
I flew the orignal Braathens on MMX-FBU in in 1992, on what I believe was my first ever logged non-charter flight. I vivdly remember being blown-away when they didn't charge for coffee&cognac after the meal.
Jan 30, 2019, 10:54 am
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Not really a speculation, more an observation
TF is opening a 2 weekly GOT-LYS, Mon/Thur starting march 04.
Finnair is not selling it so far, instead continuing to offer a CDG connection onto the AY/AF codeshare.
And not very likely to happen either, just posting if someone wants to take the odd route.
TF is opening a 2 weekly GOT-LYS, Mon/Thur starting march 04.
Finnair is not selling it so far, instead continuing to offer a CDG connection onto the AY/AF codeshare.
And not very likely to happen either, just posting if someone wants to take the odd route.
Finnair is operating LYS semiweekly now, but it looks like they won't redo it next winter?
Jan 30, 2019, 11:21 am
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Amazing, isn't it!
In the 90's Braathens bought "Malmö Aviation" which flew under the TF code. But TF wasn't merged with BU and when SK bought Braathens, the family kept Malmö Aviation, which recently got rebranded Braathens. So still norwegian, still same family owner!
I flew the orignal Braathens on MMX-FBU in in 1992, on what I believe was my first ever logged non-charter flight. I vivdly remember being blown-away when they didn't charge for coffee&cognac after the meal.
In the 90's Braathens bought "Malmö Aviation" which flew under the TF code. But TF wasn't merged with BU and when SK bought Braathens, the family kept Malmö Aviation, which recently got rebranded Braathens. So still norwegian, still same family owner!
I flew the orignal Braathens on MMX-FBU in in 1992, on what I believe was my first ever logged non-charter flight. I vivdly remember being blown-away when they didn't charge for coffee&cognac after the meal.
Being born in a different generation than the general user of this forum, my first flights with Braathens that I can remember were in 2001, flying AES-OSL (no FBU of course) r/t as part of a Sydentur to AGP. No cognac for me at that age however
Of course, not too long after it became SAS Braathens and then later SAS Norge/SAS.Anyway, this is getting a bit OT.
Last edited by Superrman; Jan 30, 2019 at 11:26 am
Jan 30, 2019, 1:00 pm
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Not really a speculation, more an observation
TF is opening a 2 weekly GOT-LYS, Mon/Thur starting march 04.
Finnair is not selling it so far, instead continuing to offer a CDG connection onto the AY/AF codeshare.
And not very likely to happen either, just posting if someone wants to take the odd route.
TF is opening a 2 weekly GOT-LYS, Mon/Thur starting march 04.
Finnair is not selling it so far, instead continuing to offer a CDG connection onto the AY/AF codeshare.
And not very likely to happen either, just posting if someone wants to take the odd route.
A GOT-LYS search only shows a stupid GOT-HEL-CDG-LYS routing. Might be good for a mileage run but horrible under normal circumstances.
Jan 30, 2019, 1:43 pm
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Even for MR, that sounds horrible. AY codes on domestic AF are never cheap. Such routing only makes sense for a short notice booking with somebody else's monies, or if you really badly want to visit the AF lounge with a Finnair Plus tier card.