Finnair to accelerate A350 deliveries
Finnair is speeding up the arrival of its remaining Airbus A350s to support its continued growth push toward Asia. Finnair CE Pekka Vauramo said the airline’s Asian strategy—which has been accelerated over recent years—“has been the right choice.” Finnair already has 11 A350s in service, plus another 8 on order. “We have now made decisions to receive 2 A350s ahead of the original delivery schedule,” Vauramo said .The airline will now take 1 of its A350s—originally scheduled for delivery in 2023—in 2019. Finnair has also brought forward another delivery, planned for 2022, to 2020. “The schedule for the remaining 8 A350 deliveries is now the following: One in the last quarter of 2018, 2 in 2019, 2 in 2020, 2 in 2021 and 1 in 2022,” Finnair said. <br/>
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Finnair to accelerate A350 deliveries
Finnair is speeding up the arrival of its remaining Airbus A350s to support its continued growth push toward Asia. Finnair CE Pekka Vauramo said the airline’s Asian strategy—which has been accelerated over recent years—“has been the right choice.” Finnair already has 11 A350s in service, plus another 8 on order. “We have now made decisions to receive 2 A350s ahead of the original delivery schedule,” Vauramo said .The airline will now take 1 of its A350s—originally scheduled for delivery in 2023—in 2019. Finnair has also brought forward another delivery, planned for 2022, to 2020. “The schedule for the remaining 8 A350 deliveries is now the following: One in the last quarter of 2018, 2 in 2019, 2 in 2020, 2 in 2021 and 1 in 2022,” Finnair said. <br/>
