OREANDA-NEWS. Starting on April 23, 2017, Finnair will add new flights from St. Petersburg to Helsinki. The carrier will increase the number of frequencies from 14 to 20 a week.

New flights will be operated on ATR 72 six days a week, thus expanding the service to three daily frequencies on each day except Saturday.

The new flight schedule will increase the capacity on the St. Petersburg — Helsinki route by 39% and allow passengers to choose new convenient connections to destinations in Europe, Asia and North America.

Finnair is the flag carrier of Finland and a member of the oneworld alliance. In 2016, the airline provided services to 71,500 passengers at Pulkovo St. Petersburg airport, representing a 10% increase year-on-year. The carrier is one of Top-5 international carriers working at Pulkovo in terms of the number of aircraft movements.