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Nov 02, 2022 (newstodate): As of yesterday, Finnair is online with long-haul flights to Doha from Copenhagen and Stockholm.
Daily flights are now offered with Finnair's Airbus A350 aircraft under a long-term cooperation - not a joint-venture - between Finnair and its oneworld partner, Qatar Airways, that will add similar daily flights from Helsinki to Doha from December 16, 2022.
On the passenger side, Finnair will reportedly be selling some 20 percent of the capacity, while the cooperation between the two parties does not including air cargo.
Qatar Airways Cargo will thus be selling the full cargo capacity through its existing GSSA in the Nordic markets, NordicGSA.
Since January 2020, Menzies provides Qatar Airways with ground handling services at Copenhagen, Stockholm and Gothenburg, while handling of Qatar Airways in Oslo has remained with SAS Ground Handling, and handling of Qatar Airways at Helsinki has remained with Swissport.
Qatar Airways launched own services from Qatar to Scandinavia with Stockholm as its first destination from November 27, 2007, adding flights from Qatar to Copenhagen from March 30, 2010, and to Oslo from October 5, 2011, rounding off in the Nordic region with flights to Helsinki, Finland, from October 10, 2016.
Qatar Airways Cargo is also a strong provider of freighter capacity serving the Norwegian seafood market, seasonally providing as many as 10-11 flights depending on market demands.