Tibet Airlines' Unusual Flight To Helsinki Is Now On Sale - A330 / A340

Tibet Airlines' Unusual Flight To Helsinki Is Now On Sale

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:17:44 +0000

We're seeing a couple of cool new routes to Helsinki this year from China. Juneyao Airlines is commencing longhaul operations with their 787-9, as they launch a daily Shanghai to Helsinki route as of June 28, 2019. Alrighty then... However, that's no doubt the less surprising of the two new routes Helsinki is getting this…

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Emily — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 19:03:02 +0000

@Jed - the air is thinner at altitude, lowering engine performance. An aircraft must therefore carry less load (often fuel) to be able to takeoff if the airport and runway were not designed to adequate length. Therefore, a refuelling stopover is needed on long journeys.

Bim — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 02:46:58 +0000

Great, more planes full of Chinese tour groups who turn a place into a noisy, chaotic mess. No thanks.

SK — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:45:08 +0000

Hint: regional subsidies for starting international routes out of less developed airports ;)

Grant — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 22:08:04 +0000

If Debit learns there’s an airport coded ‘TNA’ he’s going to book it in business, price be damned!

lu — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:55:21 +0000

the business class is indeed extremely expensive. However, the economy ticket is OK, less than most other airlines with connection. ( 5700 Yuan which is less than $1000 for 4/15/ to 4/22 round trip ). By the way, I used ctrip.com

John — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:58:20 +0000

The flight will be filled with Chinese tourists on a package tour. Only 2 rows of business class -- is that the lowest number of business class seats on any airline's long haul flight (other than 0 of course)?

DALtoAAL — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:49:50 +0000

Firstly, this flight really has nothing to do with LXA-HEL-LXA market but TNA-HEL-TNA which it intends to serve. Skyscanner.com has fares around $542 rt for HEL-TNA-HEL in Y, which seems rather reasonable to me. On the other hand the same flights in J seems to be $4909, which seems extremely steep.

Srihari — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:26:06 +0000

$4000 for an 8 hour flight from China to Finland on a 2-2-2 Business Class Configuration? Hell Nah!

Andrew — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:11:06 +0000

I mean, you can always go with Economy just for the uniqueness of this flight, right? Its business class will probably be unmemorable, and its Economy can't be the worst. Plus, it's not like the service will be the exciting part of the experience, you'll be excited whichever class you fly in.