Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER LASSE HEINONEN TO LEAVE FINNAIR

FINNAIR PLC                  MANAGEMENT CHANGE                    2.3.2011 
13.00 

The Finnair Group's Deputy Chief Executive Officer Lasse Heinonen will leave
Finnair on 15 May 2011. Heinonen will join Tieto Corporation as Chief Financial
Officer, Executive Vice President and Member of the Leadership Team. Heinonen
joined Finnair as CFO in 2004. Since 2009, Heinonen has served as Finnair's
Deputy CEO as well as Executive Vice President with responsibility for Cargo
business and Aviation Services, which includes the Group's technical
operations, ground handling and catering services. 

“Lasse Heinonen has been responsible for the Group's financial management
during a period when Finnair has made huge investments in aircraft. Reasonably
priced financing has been obtained for investments of over one billion euros
and the company's balance sheet has been kept on a sound footing," says
Finnair's President & CEO Mika Vehviläinen. 

“In recent years, considerable changes have also been made in Aviation
Services, Heinonen's area of responsibility. Sector restructuring and
environmental and corporate changes have demanded good, far-sighted judgment in
decision-making. During Heinonen's time, cargo business has been purposefully
expanded. I extend my thanks to Lasse Heinonen for his contribution to the
company during challenging times," says Vehviläinen. 

Finnair Plc
Communications

Taneli Hassinen
Vice President, Financial Communications and Investor Relations
tel. +358 9 818 4976