http://blogs.finnair.com Welcome to read all the latest about Finnair Mon, 13 May 2013 09:50:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/05/13/for-the-love-of-flying/ http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/05/13/for-the-love-of-flying/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 09:29:36 +0000 Tomi Tervo http://blogs.finnair.com/?p=2034
Standards, discipline and routines. Technique and physics. But, at the same time, flying is all about feeling. I recognised that feeling the moment I took off on my first training flight in a Cessna 152. To rise off the surface … Continued]]> http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/05/13/for-the-love-of-flying/feed/ 0 http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/04/08/connecting-flights-matter/ http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/04/08/connecting-flights-matter/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:31:06 +0000 Tomi Tervo http://blogsfinnair.inoob.fi/?p=2027
Over the past 10 years, our home airport in Helsinki has grown into an international hub where tens of thousands of passengers catch connecting flights every day. The airport has an excellent location: flying from Asia to Europe, for example, … Continued]]> http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/04/08/connecting-flights-matter/feed/ 0 http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/04/04/small-chairs-big-heart-in-hanoi/ http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/04/04/small-chairs-big-heart-in-hanoi/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:49:02 +0000 Timothy http://blogsfinnair.inoob.fi/?p=2008
South East Asia is an area where I feel especially at home. The food is healthy, good and affordable, likewise the accommodation. The climate is stifling at worst, but soothingly warm at best and always a relief in contrast to … Continued]]> http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/04/04/small-chairs-big-heart-in-hanoi/feed/ 0 http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/03/12/kids-on-board/ http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/03/12/kids-on-board/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:59:30 +0000 Petra Piipari http://blogsfinnair.inoob.fi/?p=1979
Travelling with children can be nerve-wracking no matter whether you are going near or far. Although some kids have traveled since birth and are total pros at it, it still is a change from the everyday routine and opens a … Continued]]> http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/03/12/kids-on-board/feed/ 0 http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/02/26/more-than-a-thousand-words/ http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/02/26/more-than-a-thousand-words/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:12:07 +0000 Tomi Tervo http://blogsfinnair.inoob.fi/?p=1991
Flying an aircraft is very visual work. Communicating the events and details of a day in the life of a pilot using only words would be difficult.  There are times when you would love to share the view opening up … Continued]]> http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/02/26/more-than-a-thousand-words/feed/ 0 http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/02/19/blanket-coverage-for-tikau-share/ http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/02/19/blanket-coverage-for-tikau-share/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:22:05 +0000 Timothy http://blogsfinnair.inoob.fi/?p=1968
In a small impoverished village in the Indian countryside, the ladies are wrapping themselves in blankets to keep out the evening chill. The village, in the eastern state of Odisha, is home to a community of Dalits, or to give … Continued]]> http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/02/19/blanket-coverage-for-tikau-share/feed/ 0 http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/28/when-hel-freezes-over/ http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/28/when-hel-freezes-over/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:27:04 +0000 Timothy http://blogsfinnair.inoob.fi/?p=1958
It’s that time of the year again in the UK, my home country. An inch or two of the white stuff and the country plunges into chaos. Schools are closed, country villages are cut off. Home-owners agonize about whether to … Continued]]> http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/28/when-hel-freezes-over/feed/ 0 http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/18/fear-of-flying-is-like-riding-a-roller-coaster/ http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/18/fear-of-flying-is-like-riding-a-roller-coaster/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:00:51 +0000 Jussi Ekman http://blogsfinnair.inoob.fi/?p=1952 Continued]]> http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/18/fear-of-flying-is-like-riding-a-roller-coaster/feed/ 0 http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/14/finnair-celebrating-90-years-this-year/ http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/14/finnair-celebrating-90-years-this-year/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:10:48 +0000 Finnair http://blogsfinnair.inoob.fi/?p=1950 Continued]]> http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/14/finnair-celebrating-90-years-this-year/feed/ 0 http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/11/climate-care-starts-on-your-own-doorstep/ http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/11/climate-care-starts-on-your-own-doorstep/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:17:04 +0000 Timothy http://blogsfinnair.inoob.fi/?p=1878
If you’re reading this under the chilly skies of the northern European winter, I apologize. There is no way I can avoid sounding smug, but I am sitting on the balcony of a converted ‘haveli’ mansion in Jaipur, India, with … Continued]]> http://blogs.finnair.com/2013/01/11/climate-care-starts-on-your-own-doorstep/feed/ 1