Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Juneyao Air launches flights to Dublin and Reykjavik via Helsinki in late March 2020

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA



According to a late announcement by Juneyao Air on 27 November 2019, its 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft launch long-haul scheduled flights to Dublin and Reykjavik via Helsinki in late March 2020.

The first scheduled flight of Juneyao Air to Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is launched on 29 March 2020 while Juneyao Air's inaugural flight to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, takes off from Pudong via Helsinki on 31 March 2020.

According to Juneyao Air, flight HO1659 departs from Pudong for Dublin via Helsinki on 29 March 2020 at 12.55 am and arrives in Dublin at 8.45 am after a 1 hour 50 minutes stopover in Helsinki.

The outbound flight HO1660 from Dublin for Pudong takes off at 10 am and is estimated to arrive in Pudong at 6.30 am on 30 March 2020.

Juneyao Air is the first Asian airline to operate long-haul flights to Iceland.

On 31 March 2020, flight HO1661 departs from Pudong for Reykjavik via Helsinki at 12.55 am and arrives in Reykjavik at 8.10 am after the estimated 1 hour 50 minutes transit in Helsinki. At 9.25 am, flight HO1662 leaves Reykjavik for Pudong via Helsinki and eventually touches down in Pudong at 7.30 am on 1 April 2020.

Juneyao Air operates flights to Dublin on Thursdays and Sundays while its flights to Reykjavik are operated on Tuesdays and Saturdays, all on fifth-freedom right basis via Helsinki.

Passengers to Reykjavik and Dublin on Juneyao Air's flights do not need to alight to clear the respective immigration and retrieve their checked-in baggage in Helsinki.

With the additions of Dublin and Reykjavik to Juneyao Air's Europe route network, Juneyao Air will fly to five cities in Europe by June 2020 including Helsinki, Manchester and Athens. Juneyao Air plans to launch the Manchester route via Helsinki on 30 March 2020 using another 787-9 Dreamliner while the long-haul route to Athens will be launched in June 2020.

Juneyao Air has six 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. It expects to receive the remaining four out of ten 787-9 Dreamliner jets by end of 2020. 

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