Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has announced its new strategy for 2020-2025 which includes an investment of EUR3.5-4 billion euros (USD3.8-4.4 billion) in new aircraft, with one-third of them for growth, the Finnish flag carrier said in a presentation during its Capital Markets Day.
Short of going into details about the fleet make-up in the future, Finnair said that it planned to operate around 30 widebody aircraft in 2025, up from the current 22, and around 70 narrowbodies and regional aircraft, up from the current 61.
According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, the airline's widebody fleet currently includes fourteen A350-900s and eight A330-300s. Finnair has a further five A350-900s on firm order from Airbus with deliveries scheduled to continue through the end of 2022.
In turn, the carrier's narrowbody fleet does not include any newest-generation aircraft and consists of eight A319-100s (18.6 years old on average), ten A320-200 (17.4 years), and nineteen A321-200s (8.4 years), as well as twelve ATR72-500s and twelve E190LRs operated by regional unit NoRRA Nordic...
