idealflyer

The good, you can get 2 long haul segments on Finn Air international business class. The bad, you must start in Toronto and fly American Eagle to JFK. Also flight ends in NGO, which has much less flight connections than Tokyo or Osaka. And the ugly, there is an 8 hour layover in Helsinki- not enough to day trip into the city and too long to enjoy the airport lounge sauna offering.
One way flight
Wed, Feb 28

12:20 PM – 2:01 PM
Toronto (YYZ) – New York City (JFK)
American 3725 · Economy Class · Embraer ERJ-145
Operated by Envoy Air as American Eagle for American Airlines
Average legroom (31")
1h 41m
No Wi-Fi
No in-seat power
Layover in New York City JFK
3h 44m

5:45 PM – 8:50 AM+1
New York City (JFK) – Helsinki (HEL)
Finnair 6 · Business Class · Airbus A330
Lie flat seat
Overnight flight
8h 05m
Wi-Fi
In-seat & USB power
On-demand video
Layover in Helsinki HEL
8h 25m

5:15 PM+1 – 9:40 AM+2
Helsinki (HEL) – Nagoya (NGO)
Finnair 79 · Business Class · Airbus A330
Lie flat seat
Overnight flight
9h 25m
Wi-Fi
In-seat & USB power
On-demand video

Pochama

Basically the same as this without the YYZ flight.

idealflyer

Yes, but allows for one way routing. Good if you need to reposition to Japan.

steveholt

Eight hours is definitely enough time to venture into Helsinki from the airport and even to go on a tour of Suomenlinna. The Hilton attached to the airport also likely has day rooms.

Barkinpark

Thank you for the great find! NGO is not as convenient, but I heard that the airport is nicer than NRT.

Questions:

1. Does this allow a stopover at HEL?
2. What is the maximum length of stay?

smit0847

Whats the history behind Finnairs NGO route? Such an odd destination!

spainflyer

Is that $ USD or CAD?

denkigroove

This fare is availible to mostly all AY destinations in Asia like HKG,BKK,PVG,PEK
You can route YYZ-LHR-HEL-PVG/BKK/HKG
https://goo.gl/flights/cX4bM

deissi

Part of AY strategy is to connect European cities to second-tier Asian cities that don't have direct service from LHR, FRA, AMS etc. Helsinki is located north enough to be pretty close to the great circle route from Western Europe to China and Japan, which means that it is generally the fastest one-stop option from Europe to Northeast Asia. Finnair also serves destinations like Fukuoka, Nanjing and Chongqing from HEL.

deissi

Double post.

oneworld82

Peregrine415

Yes. I've been able to book two stopovers in HEL for as long as 3 days without additional charges. But you have to use OTA since Finnair booking engine does not allow double stopovers.

Also, you don't have to go through JFK since you can also book AY coded flights from YYZ on BA via LHR. BTW it doesn't have to NGO; AY has good biz class fares from North America to Asia--if you can put up with long layovers (up to 20 hours on the return segment).

JJeffrey

Yep, and has been for a while.

UpperDeck87K

Finnair is the biggest European airline in Japan (right?), so I wouldn't call it that odd

hirohito888

I think LH is the largest European airline to Japan, they have 4 flights: FRA/MUC-HND, FRA-KIX, FRA-NGO (non-daily). Up to ~1,300 seats/day.
AY has 3 flights: HEL-NRT, and HEL-KIX/NGO (non-daily). Up to ~900 seats/day.