Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

Japan approves Finnair’s inclusion in the joint business between Japan Airlines and British Airways

Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 16 October 2013 at 11:00

Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has
today granted anti-trust immunity to a joint business between Japan Airlines,
Finnair and British Airways. This paves the way for Finnair to join the
existing joint business between Japan Airlines and British Airways. The
agreement will allow all three airlines to cooperate commercially on flights
between Europe and Japan. 

The new joint business is expected to be launched next spring. The addition of
Finnair will further enhance customer benefits by providing better links
between the EU and Japan, with more flight choices and enhanced frequent flyer
benefits. In addition, this new joint business will allow the three airlines to
cooperate on expanding their presence within, to and from this important and
growing market. 

The revenue-sharing agreement will strengthen the oneworld® alliance and enable
it to compete more effectively around the world with other global alliances. 

President of JAL, Yoshiharu Ueki, said “We would like to thank the regulator
for approving our application for ATI with Finnair joining Japan Airlines and
British Airways in our current joint business between Europe and Japan.” 

“Amid the evolving Japanese aviation industry, the ATI will enable us to build
a stronger value-creating relationship with British Airways and Finnair that
can further benefit our customers as well as our business.” 

Keith Williams, chief executive of British Airways said, “Today's decision by
the MLIT will benefit the customers of all three airlines by allowing us to
explore ways to improve the connections between East and West.” 

Pekka Vauramo, CEO of Finnair, said, "We are glad we are now one step closer to
starting the cooperation with JAL and British Airways to provide our customers
with better connections between the EU and Japan."

Notes to editor
•Finnair flies daily from Helsinki to Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya
•British Airways operates from Heathrow to Tokyo's Narita and Haneda airports
•Japan Airlines daily operates from Tokyo to London and Paris Frankfurt and
Helsinki. 

Media enquiries:

JAL press office: +81(0)3 5460 3109, jian.yang@jal.com
British Airways press office: +44 (0)20 8738 5100, media.relations@ba.com
Finnair Media Desk: +358 9 818 4020, comms(a)finnair.com

Finnair Plc.
Communications
16 October 2013

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