Finnair to deepen its cooperation with Juneyao Air

Finnair and Shanghai-based Juneyao Air have signed a Letter of Intent to deepen their cooperation involving China and Europe matter to essential regulatory approvals.  

The aim is to set up a joint enterprise on the Helsinki – Shanghai route enabling Finnair and Juneyao Air to offer their corporate and leisure customers a seamless vacation experience through a wider option of desired destination, schedule and fare options via their main hubs, Helsinki Airport (HEL) and Pudong International Airport (PVG). 

“Despite these immensely complicated times for our business, we at Finnair remain steadfast in our belief and motivation to China as a essential market and to Juneyao Air as a key partner. Over the previous calendar year we have crafted up a close and mutually advantageous partnership with Juneyao Air. Using the important step to evolve this into a deeper cooperation focused on our Shanghai and Helsinki hubs will enable us to not only provide our latest prospects even improved, but also to lay a system for further more advancement in the long term, as soon as the aviation market starts to normalise”, says Ole Orver, Chief Commercial Officer at Finnair. 

“The aviation business has encountered difficult scenarios. Nonetheless, we constantly and optimistically have confidence in in our emphasised China-Europe current market and partnership with Finnair. We have been in detailed cooperation with Finnair and have attained a mutually reliable and advantageous partnership with shared visions and values. Growing the partnership permits us to accelerate further more growth and to provide passengers improved with diversified options and broadened community protection.”, says Mr Yu Chengji, Executive Vice President of Juneyao Air. 

Juneyao Air launched its route from Shanghai to Helsinki in July 2019, and since then equally Finnair and Juneyao Air have been code sharing on every single other´s Helsinki-Shanghai routes and on chosen routes from Helsinki to Europe and from Shanghai to other destinations in China. A reciprocal agreement for Finnair In addition and Juneyao Air Club member was also applied in August 2019, allowing customers to receive and redeem miles and factors through every single partner’s full community. 

At the time applied, the joint enterprise cooperation will enable significant further more expansion of codesharing across the networks of both partners, especially to essential factors at the rear of Shanghai Pudong and Helsinki, as very well as the introduction of enhanced added benefits for frequent vacationers. 

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About Finnair
Finnair is a contemporary quality community airline, specialising in passenger and cargo traffic involving Asia and Europe. Helsinki’s geographical site provides Finnair a aggressive benefit, given that the quickest connections involving several European destinations and Asian megacities fly above Finland. Finnair is the only Nordic community carrier with a four-star Skytrax ranking and a member of the oneworld alliance. In 2019, Finnair’s revenues amounted to EUR 3,098 million and it carried above 14.7 million passengers. Finnair Plc’s shares are quoted on the Nasdaq Helsinki inventory trade.

About Juneyao Air 
Juneyao Air CO., LTD., is a single of the primary personal-owned carriers in Mainland China based in Shanghai and Nanjing. Launched in September 2006, Juneyao Air contains 74 aircrafts, comprising Airbus A320 series and Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Juneyao Air flies to destinations across Asia together with service to Europe. In 2019, Juneyao Air carried above 20 million passengers and was awarded Skytrax Most effective Regional Airways in Asian-Pacific Space.  
Juneyao Air grew to become the initial Star Alliance Connecting Spouse in May 2017 and has been in FFP cooperation with Star Alliance customers Air China, Air Canada, ANA, EVA Air, Singapore Airways, United Airways and Shenzhen Airways. In 2019, Juneyao Air released initial intercontinental route to Helsinki and began FFP cooperation with Finnair.