Probably confirmation my earlier posts about future need of convert part a350-900 order to -1000:
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Finnair's goal was to bring to Lapland this winter 3 000 travel agencies Alitripin Chinese tourists.
- More than 4 000 will, that is, clearly exceeded targets, says Pekka Vauramo Finnair's President and CEO.
Finnair is negotiating with Alitripin next winter season has to offer. The number of mobile packages can easily be doubled, but in Lapland accommodation capacity is not enough. Attempts to extend the season by selling Chinese-time trips to the fall colors and spring.
- Yes, the accommodation capacity is needed. Already realized 4 000 in respect of a tourist hotel capacity is very tight in the north, frets Vauramo.
Aasialaisturistien increase the interest in Finland in Europe in recent times occurred terrorist attacks, which is why many groups have changed their travel destinations and are now traveling in the Nordic countries.
New machines will be - the old ones are transport
Transporting Aasialaisturistien Lapland is part of Finnair's growth plan for the next few years. This year, the total supply will increase by ten per cent, which means hundreds of new staff is recruited.
Finnair's Airbus A350's cabin
Finnair's Airbus A350's cabin Juha Nurminen / Yle
The company will be available this year, four new Airbus A350 aircraft to the fleet will increase to eleven already. At the same time the company will continue to operate two older Airbus A330 wide-bodied aircraft, which had to the original plan to leave the traffic this year. It is likely that the removal machines also shifts the next few years will be introduced. The Board of Directors has just decided to decorate the cabins of machines again.
Altogether Finnair has ordered 19 Airbus 297-seat A350-900 aircraft. Due to the growing Asian traffic company is considering moving at least part of a larger A350-1000 variant of the orders, which the machines can be transported at a time 366 passengers.
The capacity increase the company compensates for a flight ticket prices decreasing, because the larger aircraft achieve lower costs per seat. CEO Pekka Vauramo estimates that ticket prices will fall by five per cent, which means for Finnair a loss of EUR one hundred million this year. The company sells airline tickets a year, two billion euros.
Simulator training pilots from around the world
The new Airbus A350 XWB-machines input Finnair is preparing for a massive training of new employees. The company hiring this year, for example, over a hundred new pilots. In practice, multi-recession years of the graduates unemployed young director's dream job.
- We started recruiting fifteen years ago, when we were offered to 300 pilots. This reserve is now starting to be pretty low. But the bottleneck is in our internal training, says Pekka Vauramo CEO.
Finnair shortage of pilots and teething problems is the fact that the company has sent pilots in simulator training, Miami, Singapore and Taipei. Closer There are currently no free simulator capacity A350 type of aircraft and engines urgently needed new crews. The company's own A350 simulator to be available until later in the spring.