Juneyao Air and Finnair Announce Codeshare Agreement

Juneyao Air and Finnair have agreed to launch a codeshare partnership starting June 28, 2019, combining synergies of both airlines. This agreement will provide a wider connectivity between China and Finland, and will help to pursue significant cooperation in the near future, allowing the airlines to leverage each other's networks, expertise and assets in benefit of their consumers. The codeshare flights will be open for sale on May 17 and travel effective June 28.

The partnership with Finnair allows Juneyao Air passengers to enjoy seamless connectivity on selected domestic flights within Finland. Under the codeshare agreement, Juneyao Air HO code will be placed on the Helsinki-Shanghai flight by Finnair, and domestic cities in Finland include Rovaniemi, Ivalo, Oulu, Kemi and Kuopio. Moreover, passengers will also benefit from through baggage check-in.

Finnair passengers can also take advantage of Juneyao Air presence in China, with the codeshare to cities including Harbin, Shenyang, Dalian, Xi'an, Chongqing, Qingdao, Xiamen, Kunming, Fuzhou and Nanjing to Xi'an, Chongqing and Zhangjiajie. Meanwhile, Finnair will place its AY code on the Shanghai-Helsinki flight by Juneyao Air. In addition to the codeshare agreement, both airlines will jointly explore opportunities to improve their customer experience.

Juneyao Air and Finnair codeshare agreement will strengthen both airlines' vision, in order to provide new air bridges striving to deliver a better connectivity and variety of options to passengers, while also helping to increase tourism and commercial ties between both nations.

"With the networks connected to both sides, Juneyao Air and Finnair offer more choices, enabling easy connection and communication between China and Europe via Finland. Thus, we are very confident of the codeshare partnership between Juneyao Air and Finnair and look forward to win-win cooperation in the coming season," said Mr Yu Chengji, Executive Vice President of Juneyao Air.

"We warmly welcome this cooperation with Juneyao Air and are delighted to offer our customers more destinations and smooth connections in China," stated Mr Christian Lesjak, Senior Vice President, Network and Resource Management at Finnair. "We also welcome Juneyao Air customers to explore Finland with our domestic flights."

Juneyao Air will launch its Shanghai (PVG) - Helsinki (HEL) daily service June 28 with its brand-new flagship Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, being the only Chinese private-owned full-service carrier with direct long-haul flights to Europe.