Finnair to expand network in 2026
Finnair announced (13-Nov-2025) plans to launch the following services:
- Winter 2025/26:
- Summer 2026:
- From Helsinki:
- Stavanger via Stockholm Arlanda: Eight times weekly from 29-Mar-2025 with A320;
- Umeå via Vaasa: Nine times weekly from 29-Mar-2025;
- Luxembourg: Twice to three times weekly;
- Thessaloniki: Three times weekly;
- Tirana: Twice weekly;
- Turin: Twice to three times weekly;
- Kuressaare: Three times weekly from 08-Jun-2026 until 07-Aug-2026, operating with until ATR 72.
- From Helsinki:
This capacity addition is enabled by expanding Finnair's wet lease partnership with Danish Jettime. With these additions, Finnair's network for 2026 comprises 93 European destinations, 11 Asian destinations, seven North American destinations and two destinations in the Middle East. [more - original PR] [more - original PR - Estonian] [more - original PR - Norwegian] [more - original PR - Swedavia]
Background ✨
Finnair also announced new summer 2026 routes from Helsinki to Florence, Catania, Valencia and Kos, supplementing its extensive Southern European network, which includes destinations in Italy, Spain and Greece, according to chief revenue officer Christine Rovelli1. For winter 2025/26, it planned a record number of flights to Lapland, with increased frequencies to Rovaniemi, Ivalo and Kittilä, focusing on the high season2.