{"id":17881,"date":"2026-02-19T00:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/17881\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T00:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:10:07","slug":"finnair-announces-new-toronto-helsinki-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/17881\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnair announces new Toronto-Helsinki route\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Javier Roig Sanchez, Finnair\u2019s GM, North America, says the new route will open up\u00a0Canada to unserved cities across the Nordics and Baltics, including Troms\u00f8, Tallinn and Bergen. Major cities across Europe will also become more accessible, including Berlin, Copenhagen, Rome and Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>Those travelling from Canada to India can also make use of the new service, with flights from Toronto timed to allow connections onto Finnair\u2019s daily Delhi route.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs many travellers\u00a0head off on their summer vacations, here at Finnair, we are already looking towards 2026, and are excited to have announced Canada as our newest destination from May next year,\u201d said Roig Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOffering the only direct connection between the two nations, our route from Toronto to Helsinki signals our commitment to the North American market, and the importance this plays in Finnair\u2019s business,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith strong demand for travel from Canada to Europe in 2025, and Canada fast becoming one of the most popular long-haul destinations for Europeans, we hope this route will be a hit with success, whether traveling for leisure or business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also expect to see strong demand for travel between Canada and India, as customers experience the ease and convenience of connecting via Helsinki Airport, when travelling between North America and Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finnair will now offer flights to Helsinki from seven North American gateways in 2026: Chicago, Dallas Fort Worth, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Seattle\u00a0and Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>All North American services have been timed to allow for easy connections onto the carrier\u2019s extensive European network, including 25 Nordic and four Baltic destinations. Transfers between flights can take as little as 40 minutes, thanks to all flights operating from the same terminal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181691\" class=\" wp-image-181691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2025-06-11-at-9.38.22\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"430\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-181691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Business Class with Finnair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Javier Roig Sanchez, Finnair\u2019s GM, North America, says the new route will open up\u00a0Canada to unserved cities across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[158,1958,113,12757],"class_list":{"0":"post-17881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-helsinki","8":"tag-finland","9":"tag-finnair","10":"tag-helsinki","11":"tag-lead-story"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}