Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

NORTHPORT SELLS DOMESTIC AIRPORT OPERATIONS TO RTG GROUP

FINNAIR PLC        RELEASE              20 MARCH 2007                           

NORTHPORT SELLS DOMESTIC AIRPORT OPERATIONS TO RTG GROUP                        

The Finnair Group's ground handling company Northport Oy has signed with RTG    
Ground Handling Oy a transfer of business agreement by which Northport's ground 
handling operations will be transferred to the RTG Group's responsibility at 13 
airports in Finland (Ivalo, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Kemi, Kittilä, Kokkola,
Kuopio, Kuusamo, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Vaasa and Turku). In connection with the      
transfer of business, the RTG Group will assume responsibility for passenger    
check-in, loading and de-icing services at the domestic airports as of 1 April  
2007.                                                                           

Excluding Turku, ground handling services to date have been handled by          
subcontractors outside the Finnair Group. The RTG Group, as one of these        
subcontractors, has handled ground handling at six domestic airports (Ivalo,    
Joensuu, Kajaani, Kokkola, Kuopio and Vaasa). All sales and subcontracting      
agreements relating to Northport's ground handling services at domestic         
airports, except for Helsinki-Vantaa, will now be transferred to the RTG Group. 

Finnair's Scheduled Passenger Traffic, Leisure Flights and Cargo units have     
signed a long-term service agreement in respect of domestic airports directly   
with the RTG Group. The new agreement covers the different aspects of ground    
handling services and will generate cost savings that will contribute to the    
Finnair Group's 80 million euros cost-cutting programme.                        

Northport will discontinue its Turku ground handling operations, and personnel  
will transfer to the service of RTG Group under their existing terms of         
employment. Northport will continue its operations in Helsinki, Stockholm       
Arlanda and Oslo Gardemoen.                                                     
“The arrangement is a continuation of Finnair's strategy of concentrating on its
core business. Transferring domestic airport ground handling operations to a    
diverse travel services company will enhance operational efficiency by          
exploiting synergy benefits. For many years, RTG has operated as one of our     
subcontractors and has created for itself both the expertise and readiness to   
accept responsibility for customer relationships on an independent basis,” says 
Northport Oy's Managing Director, Tero Vauraste.                                

The RTG Group is a versatile travel services operator whose main field of       
business is providing travel services cost-effectively as a subcontractor.      
“Expanding domestically presents the RTG Group with an opportunity to develop   
our companies' operations, especially in ground handling services,” says RTG    
Group's President & CEO, Antti Soininen.                                        

Northport Oy and SAS Ground Handling Oy have today agreed to merge their arrival
service operations at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. The merged operations will be    
transferred via a transfer of business to the RTG Group as of 14 April 2007.    
Currently the arrival service operations of Northport and SAS Ground Service    
employ a total of 55 people, who will either move to the service of RTG or      
remain with their present employers in connection with the transfer of business.

Finnair Plc                                                                     
Communications                                                                  
20 March 2007                                                                   

Further information:                                                            

Tero Vauraste, Managing Director, Northport Oy, tel. +358 9 818 5300            
Antti Soininen, Managing Director, RTG Group, tel. +358 400 100 118