Finnair Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

FINNAIR RENEWS SCHEDULED TRAFFIC ORGANISATION

FINNAIR PLC CHANGES MANAGEMENT  17 DECEMBER 2008 14:15
FINNAIR RENEWS SCHEDULED TRAFFIC ORGANISATION

On the retirement of Finnair's Deputy CEO and EVP Scheduled Traffic Henrik Arle
on 31 December 2008, the company's Scheduled Traffic organisation will be
revised. 
Finnair's President & CEO Jukka Hienonen will lead the Scheduled Passenger
Traffic organisation together with the business unit's revised management
group. In addition to Hienonen, the management group of Scheduled Passenger
Traffic will comprise Finnair Group CFO Lasse Heinonen, VP Production
Management Ville Iho, VP Cabin Operations Kati Lehesmaa, SVP Commercial
Division Mika Perho and SVP Flight Operations Division Veikko Sievänen. The
personnel representatives in the management group will be Markku Remes and Timo
Willberg. Scheduled Traffic's Business Controller Ari Lehmonen will serve as
secretary to the management group. 

Veikko Sievänen will also serve as the Accountable Manager referred to in the
Airline Operators Certificate (AOC). From the beginning of 2009, Sievänen will
also be a member of the Group's executive board. 

Operational risk management, which was previously under the authority of Henrik
Arle, will now be under the President & CEO. VP Juha Gröhn will be responsible
for Finnair's operational risk management. 
Managing Directors Antero Lahtinen and Colin Molloy of Finnair Cargo Oy and
Finnair Aircraft Finance respectively, which belong to the Scheduled Traffic
business area, as well as Ari Lehmonen, who is responsible for the business
area's finances, will report to CFO Lasse Heinonen, while Tomi Laitainen, who
is responsible for personnel matters, will report to SVP Human Resources Anssi
Komulainen. 
Finnair Plc
Communications
17 December 2008

Additional information:
Taneli Hassinen, VP Financial Communications and IR, tel. +358 9 818 4976