Subsequent 12 months, Finnish provider Finnair plans to relaunch flights to Canada for the primary time in a decade, making it simpler to achieve what has been dubbed the world’s happiest nation.
Beginning Could 4, 2026, the provider will as soon as once more plan to fly between Toronto Pearson Worldwide Airport (YYZ) and Helsinki Airport (HEL) 3 times per week in the course of the summer season, Finnair shared with TPG. The flights will function on the airline’s Airbus A330 plane and can characteristic a mixture of enterprise class, premium economic system and economic system seats.
When it launches, the brand new route will mark the primary time Finnair is flying to Canada since 2015, and it will signify the one direct connection between the 2 international locations.
“Canada is quick changing into some of the fashionable long-haul locations for Europeans, whereas the Nordics are additionally hotting up amongst North American vacationers, so we’re assured that this route will show a success with each enterprise and leisure travellers heading throughout the Atlantic,” Javier Roig Sanchez, Finnair’s normal supervisor for North America, stated in an announcement shared with TPG. He added that the route “indicators our dedication to the North American market, and the significance this performs in Finnair’s enterprise.”
The brand new route will function on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays on the next schedule:
- From Toronto to Helsinki departing at 11:40 p.m. EDT, arriving in Finland at 2:45 p.m. native time the following day
- From Helsinki to Toronto departing at 4:50 p.m. native time, arriving in Canada at 6:35 p.m. EDT
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The brand new flights will make it simpler for vacationers to earn and redeem AAdvantage miles when heading to Europe since Finnair is a member of the Oneworld alliance. The route may also make it simpler to earn and redeem Avios following Finnair’s determination to undertake the favored system for its Finnair Plus loyalty program final 12 months; it joins main carriers British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Qatar Airways in utilizing the loyalty foreign money.
Another choice for frequent flyers to earn and burn on the brand new route comes from Alaska Airways, which is Oneworld’s latest member in North America.
Past Toronto, Finnair additionally gives direct flights to Helsinki from a number of different cities within the U.S.: Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York Metropolis, Miami and Seattle. From Helsinki, vacationers can then connect with dozens of different cities throughout Europe with flights particularly timed to line up with its North American routes for straightforward connections.
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