Finnair to start flying again to Nagoya. Brings Airbus A350 to Las Palmas

Finnair to relaunch Nagoya and updates winter schedule for 24/25

"Finnair will start two weekly frequencies to Nagoya, Japan, on 30 May 2024. Finnair is also updating its winter 2024 traffic programme and adding flights to the British Isles, Iceland and leisure destinations in Portugal and the Canary Islands.

“We are delighted to resume our connection to Nagoya, where we used to fly before the pandemic. We already fly to Tokyo Haneda and Narita, as well as Osaka. In the summer season of 2024, we’ll have a total of twenty weekly frequencies to Japan,” says Ole Orvér, Chief Commercial Officer at Finnair.

“We will also have a very compelling leisure offering to popular holiday destinations for the winter season of 2024,” Orvér continues.

From October 2024, Finnair will begin scheduled flights to three of its former charter destinations. There will be two weekly frequencies to Faro in Portugal and Lanzarote and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.

Finnair will also start operating two popular leisure destinations with widebody aircraft. There will be three weekly incremental frequencies to Dubai with the Airbus A330 aircraft. Las Palmas flights will be operated with the Airbus A350.

Finnair is also adding more flights to the British Isles for the next winter season. Manchester will get five additional weekly frequencies, and Dublin and Edinburgh will both get two additional weekly frequencies. All these flights will connect seamlessly with Finnair’s flights to Northern Finland, Scandinavia and Japan.

In Iceland, Finnair will add three more weekly frequencies to Reykjavik."

Source: https://company.finnair.com/en/media-centre/all-releases/news?id=CD5A77B2F36AE23D

Summary

Nagoya was one of Finnair's "old" destinations in Japan before pandemic. In the past its main customer group has been business travelers and we assume that demand for this route has increased again after pandemic.

Adding Airbus A350 to Las Palmas route will increase travel comfort a lot. Needed points for upgrade has been 15000points and that is cheap to get much more comfortable seat in Business Class. Unfortunately, Finnair hasn't announced yet how many points are needed for upgrade after they are changing to Avios.

You can read more about Avios and Finnair change to spend based program here.