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PE KKA VAURAMO
Managing editor Amanda Soila Art director Aino Ahtiainen Web editor Shelly Nyqvist Visual designers Sesilja Lindell, Iris Mark Editorial assistant Aino Vähälä English editing Silja Kudel Reprographics Faktor Oy
President & CEO, Finnair
Cover Choi Kyung Wook by Andrea Björsell Behind this issue Daniel Allen, Thomas Bird, Tim Bird, Andrea Björsell, Mark Fletcher, Simon Fry, Laura Iisalo, Silja Kudel, Andrew Mellor, Sini-Marja Niska, Katja Pantzar, Hernan Patiño, Anders Pihl, Hannes Repo, Wif Stenger, Elena Sulin, Minna Takkunen, Emmi-Riikka Vartiainen, and Peter Weld Submissions and feedback bluewings@fokusmedia.fi Blue Wings online bluewings.finnair.com issuu.com/finnair_bluewings Editorial Offices Hämeentie 153 C, 00560 Helsinki, Finland, tel. +358 40 630 8253 firstname.lastname@fokusmedia.fi Advertising Sales Jaana Lindvall-Harki tel. +358 40 582 1416 jaana.lindvall-harki@fokusmedia.fi Publisher Fokus Media Finland Printed by Punamusta, Joensuu, Finland 2018 Paper UPM Valor 61g, Cover paper Stora Enso LumiArt 200g ISSN-0358-7703
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Soothing journeys of this month’s issue is balance, there’s no better way to recharge your batteries than by taking a relaxing summer holiday. For some, that might mean reading a book on a sandy beach while for others it could be hiking along forest trails. Regardless of how you choose to spend your Our aim is precious time away, our aim is to offer you the to offer you best destinations and make your stay onboard with us as relaxing as possible. the best This summer, we’ll have more options than destinations. ever before as we’ve increased our capacity by 14 per cent compared to last year. We’re opening new routes to Lisbon, Stuttgart, and Nanjing. The opening of Nanjing will increase our growing presence in Northeast Asia, bringing our total of destinations in Greater China up to seven. In addition, we’ve added several frequencies to many of our popular destinations in Europe, Asia, and North America. Wishing you a wonderful flight, AS T H E THE ME
Pekka Vauramo
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