Finland's flag carrier Finnair has announced that it will be offering a weekly flight to the southern Israeli Red Sea resort city of Eilat from October 28, 2015 to March 23, 2016.
Finnair has been operating direct flights between Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport and Helsinki airport for the past two years, and offers connecting flights from the Finnish capital to many destinations around the world.
Finnair flies between Asia, Europe and North America with an emphasis on fast connections via Helsinki, carrying more than nine million passengers annually and connecting 15 cities in Asia with more than 60 destinations in Europe.
The airline, a pioneer in sustainable flying, will be the European launch customer of the next-generation, eco-smart Airbus A350 XWB aircraft and is the first airline listed in the Leadership Index of the worldwide Carbon Disclosure Project.
