Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

FINNAIR LEASES TWO EMBRAER 170 AIRCRAFT TO KENYA AIRWAYS

FINNAIR PLC	STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE	21.5.2010 at 3 pm EEST

Finnair will lease out two 76-seater Embraer 170 aircraft for four years from
the beginning of June. "At the moment Finnair is not using all of its Embraer planes in its scheduled
traffic programme," says Maunu Visuri, Managing Director of Finnair Aircraft
Finance. "It's very satisfactory that we are able to make use of our assets by
leasing out the aircraft."

The value of the lease agreement is almost 20 million US dollars. The leasing
arrangements are being made by the US-based Jetscape Inc. 

Finnair Aircraft Finance, responsible for administering the Finnair fleet,
either owns or leases a total of ten Embraer 170 aircraft. Of these two are
leased to Finncomm Airlines in Finland. The aircraft leased to Kenya Airways
are for sale. In addition, Finnair also operates ten 100-seater Embraer 190
aircraft. 

Finnair Plc
Communications
21.5.2010

More information:  Maunu Visuri, Managing Director, Finnair Aircraft Finance
Oy, tel. +358 9 818 6862