EDITORIAL BY PIIA KARHU SVP, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WWW.FINNAIR.COM
FOKUS MEDIA FINLAND PRODUCER Amanda Soila ART DIRECTOR Sirpa Ärmänen SUB-EDITOR Shelly Nyqvist VISUAL DESIGNERS Sesilja Lindell, Iris Mark EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Aino Vähälä ENGLISH EDITING Silja Kudel REPROGRAPHICS Faktor Oy COVER Mira Vanttaja and Hanna Virkamäki by Heli Blåfield BEHIND THIS ISSUE Daniel Allen, Heli Blåfield, Carina Chela, Scott Diel, Kuutti Heikkilä, Laura Iisalo, Silja Kudel, Mirva Lempiäinen, Matt Mitchell, Anna & James O’Sullivan, Laura Palotie, Mario Pernkopf, Robert Seger, Wif Stenger, Anni-Juulia Tuomisto, and Christian & Rachael Vance SUBMISSIONS bluewings@fokusmedia.fi BLUE WINGS ONLINE www.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 PUBLISHER Fokus Media Finland PRINTED BY Punamusta, Joensuu, Finland 2017 PAPER UPM Valor 61g Cover paper Stora Enso LumiArt 200g CIRCULATION 45,000 ISSN-0358-7703
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Make the most of your travel experience
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friend of mine was very excited about her upcoming London weekend trip with her husband. As she wanted to spend the time at her destination relaxing, she asked for advice on how to best use the travel portion of their trip. So, during our Saturday morning jog, my friend and I re-designed it. Here’s what we came up with. Their mini-break kicked off nicely at Helsinki Airport in the Finnair Lounge, with lounge passes purchased as an upgrade on their Economy Class travel tickets. For the threehour flight, she pre-ordered a bottle of
champagne and a box of chocolates for her and her husband to enjoy. For further pampering, she purchased cosmetics from Finnair’s tax-free inflight shopping catalogue. On arrival at Heathrow Airport, there was a pre-booked Blacklane car waiting to drive them to their hotel. At Finnair, we offer a great selection of additional services – pre-flight, onboard, and at your destination – to help you tailor your travel experience to best suit your needs.
Wishing you a lovely journey, Piia Karhu
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Pre-order a range of tax-free goods, book lounge passes, and airport transfers at finnair.com.
Start planning your next trip: Nanjing, China, joins the Finnair roster in 2018!
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See Berlin and beyond: Finnair has recently increased its capacity to several destinations in Germany.
OCTOBER 2017
BLUE WINGS
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