Finnair is extending has a codeshare with British Airways to include six UK domestic routes and Gibraltar.
The new agreement between the Oneworld alliance partners will see Finnair add its code to BA flights between Heathrow and Aberdeen, Belfast City, Gibraltar, Inverness, Jersey, Manchester and Newcastle.
The move will enable passengers to book the services with Finnair, allowing them to fly from regional airports with BA to connect onto the Nordic carrier’s flights to Helsinki at the London hub.
The expanded codeshare means that travellers based outside Finnair’s current UK gateways of London, Manchester and Edinburgh have improved connectivity to Finland and onward destinations.
The move supplements an expanded Finnair schedule from the UK in late 2024, adding 50% more flights between Heathrow and Helsinki to six a day in addition to double daily frequency from Manchester and up to seven a week from Edinburgh.
Market director Europe Anssi Partanen said: “Over the past few years, we have seen a growing demand for our flights to Helsinki and beyond from destinations across not only the UK, but also the Channel Islands and Gibraltar.
“Therefore, we are extremely excited to be expanding our codeshare with British Airways, to ensure customers travelling from across the country can enjoy seamless connectivity onto Finnair’s flights from London.
“With the ability to now book end-to-end journeys with Finnair, while also collecting Avios as a British Airways Executive Club Member, we know this move will prove popular with customers planning their long and short-haul getaways for 2025.”