The new route, flown using an Airbus A330-300, will be operate within the carrier’s joint business on transatlantic traffic with fellow oneworld alliance partners British Airways, Iberia, American Airlines and American’s merger partner US Airways. Chicago is a hub for US major American Airlines and will allow travellers codeshare connections to destinations throughout the United States.
All three markets have previously been served by Finnair with flights to Athens and Malta last operating in summer 2010 and services to Dublin last being flown in summer 2007. The flights will operate through the summer months only but strong performance could result in them being extended to year-round services in the future.
The new flight between Helsinki and Nizhny Novgorod International Airport will commence from July 25, 2014, while Samara’s Kurumoch International Airport will be served from the Finnish capital from August 7, 2014 and the Kazan International Airport flight will follow from August 18, 2014.