Norwegian commenced daily flights from Helsinki Airport to Dubai

Norwegian commenced daily flights from Helsinki Airport to Dubai. A new connection from Finland to the Middle East will pave the way for Helsinki Airport’s record-breaking year of 2016 when the long-haul route selection will be taken to an entirely new level. Helsinki Airport’s role as a hub between Asia and Europe will further strengthen. Helsinki Airport was Norwegian commenced daily flights to Dubai on November 19th. “We are really looking forward to 2016, when Helsinki Airport will have its highest ever number of long-haul flights to Asia, the Middle East and North America. There will be more than one hundred weekly long-haul flights, of which 85 are bound to Asia and 15 to the United States. The expansion in the route selection is an example of our airport’s important role as the hub of Northern Europe’s Asian flights, and as an effective transit airport”, says Ville Haapasaari, director of Helsinki Airport. In 2016, the total number of Asian destinations will be as much as 17. In the summer season, the airport will have new Finnair routes to Guangzhou in China and to Fukuoka in Japan. Next summer, Helsinki Airport will be the largest airport in Europe in regard to the number of routes to Japan: Helsinki will offer routes to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka. In regard to the number of all Asian flights, Helsinki Airport is the fifth largest airport in Europe.