Finnair nonstop longhaul flights from ARN
Jul 9, 2021, 12:05 pm
#34
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Jul 14, 2021, 1:09 am
#37
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Why would ARN be any better off than HEL though? I'd think the main problem is the absence or impracticality of Thailand governmental plans, not a different between Finland and Sweden, no?
Jul 14, 2021, 1:18 am
#39
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Jul 14, 2021, 2:01 am
#40
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Jul 14, 2021, 2:31 am
#41
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Plus it should b easier to Fill planes there too I would imagine 😂 Swedes love Thailand too and SK doesn't fly there and now DY doesn't either, it will remain to be seen if TG returns or what happens there...
Jul 14, 2021, 4:29 pm
#42
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Transit to what? AY to HEL, BA to LHR and IB to MAD and then what? AY's shorthaul network is HEL-based, so AY can't offer a lot of connections at ARN, except to those three airports and maybe also with a not-so-simple ARN-BMA transfer to TF's domestic flights. Oh, and AY could offer BKK-ARN-DOH for the milage runners.
Jul 15, 2021, 2:44 am
#43
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Tour operators buy significant blocks on these flights so I suppose with the demise of TC, AY managed to secure the tender for that.
Jul 15, 2021, 2:52 am
#44
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Let's hope these flights materialise. The HKT sandbox isn't going particularly well. They have about 400 int'l pax arriving daily (including non-tourists) and are eager to quarantine pax who have come even in remote contact with positive cases. Apparently they also have some kind of an evening name-call at hotels to see that pax haven't fled. Sounds like a prison with palm trees to me. (Source: I read various articles from The Thaiger yesterday...)