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Finnair is opening yet another destination in Asia when flights from
Helsinki to Malaysian capital
Kuala Lumpur begin in May 2007. The route will be operated three
times a week via Bangkok.
 As
a thriving business city and breathtaking leisure destination,
Kuala Lumpur naturally complements our Asian strategy. Demand
for Asian destinations is growing in both directions and we have
excellent connections from all over Europe. It is our goal to open
one to two new Asian connections each year and add frequencies to
our current network,” highlights Finnair SVP Commercial Division
Mika Perho.
Malaysia’s economy is one of the fastest growing in Southeast
Asia and hundreds of European companies are already present in the
country.
Kuala Lumpur is the hub of local business life with its viable
infrastructure, good regional flight network and motorways to
different parts of the Malay Peninsula.
Sight-seeing and climate-wise, Malaysia is equivalent to
neighbouring Thailand
as a travel destination. Kuala Lumpur is a modern city with almost a
million and a half inhabitants and offers excellent shopping
opportunities both in modern shopping centres and on smaller
shopping alleys and streets. The city also offers
top-rate hotel accommodation.
Culinary delights meet all tastes as Malaysia offers Malay,
Indian, Chinese and Western cuisine. Kuala Lumpur has a lively
nightlife with numerous bars and clubs.
Golfers will find beautiful courses in the city and its
surroundings. Those in need of a
beach holiday have a choice of tens of islands in both the
Indian Ocean and South China Sea. Malaysia’s idyllic inland and
coastal villages and highland tea plantations offer a unique
experience to those in search of local colour. The area on
Borneo Island belonging to Malaysia (East Malaysia) captivates
jungle adventurers.
Finnair flies to
Bangkok,
Guangzhou,
Osaka,
Singapore,
Beijing,
Tokyo,
Shanghai and
Hong Kong in Asia. Flights to
Nagoya, Japan begin in June and to
Delhi, India in November. Next year’s flights to Kuala Lumpur
are available from this May.
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