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Finnair opts for twin-engine Airbus solution
Sep 17, 2007 (newstodate): Finnair is taking a twin-engine approach to its future long-haul aircraft fleet.
Finnair will replace its Boeing MD-11 fleet with seven Airbus A330 wide-body aircraft in 2009-2010, taking advantage of the possibility to change its original order for four-engine A340 aircraft to the twin-engine A330 model.
Finnair currently has firm orders for six A330-300E model aircraft as well as four options, one of which has now been confirmed.
Finnair currently operates seven MD-11 aircraft, for which the leasing agreements will expire in such away that each departing aircraft is replaced with a new Airbus.
The first MD-11 will retire from the Finnair fleet already at the end of next year.
Next year Finnair’s long-haul Airbus fleet will grow by two Airbus A340-300E aircraft to five, and the first A330 aircraft will arrive in spring 2009.
In 2008, Finnair will have a total of 12 long-haul aircraft in the fleet.
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