Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

Jaakko Schildt to head Finnair’s Operations unit

Finnair Plc     Stock Exchange Release              23 February 2016 at 11:30 am
EET

Finnair has appointed Jaakko Schildt, MBA, BSc Engineering, b 1970 as the head
of its Operations unit and member of the Executive Board. Mr Schildt has held
operative airline leadership positions at Thomas Cook Group Airlines in
2014–2016. He became Director of the Group Maintenance Organisation in September
2014 and has taken up the position as Accountable Manager of Thomas Cook
Airlines UK in September 2015. Previously, Mr Schildt has worked for example as
the head of Finnair Technical Services, as well as in various leadership
positions within SAS Group.

Mr Schildt will assume his new role at the latest on 16 August 2016. For the
time being, the position will be held by its current holder Ville Iho in
addition to his new position. In Finnair’s new organization, Mr Iho will be SVP
Strategy and Resource Management.

Finnair’s new organisation, supporting its growth strategy, will enter into
force on 1 March 2016 as the company announced on 16 February 2016 in a stock
exchange release:
http://www.finnairgroup.com/mediaen/mediaen_7.html?Id=xml_2112187.html.

Finnair Plc
Communications
Further information:
Finnair communications, tel. +358 9 818 4020, comms(a)finnair.com

Distribution:
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Finnair is a network airline specialising in passenger and cargo traffic between
Asia and Europe. Helsinki’s geographical location gives Finnair a competitive
advantage, since the fastest connections between many European destinations and
Asian megacities fly over Finland. Finnair’s vision is to offer its passengers a
unique Nordic experience, and its mission is to offer the smoothest, fastest
connections in the northern hemisphere via Helsinki and the best network to the
world from its home markets. Finnair is the only Nordic carrier with a 4-star
Skytrax ranking and a member of the oneworld alliance. In 2015, Finnair’s
revenues amounted to EUR 2,324 million and it had a personnel of 4,800 at the
year-end. Finnair Plc’s shares are quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki.