Finnair

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Finnair stated on September 11 that Chinese airlines' continued access to Russian airspace creates "extremely unfair" competition, highlighting a persistent challenge for the Finnish carrier since Moscow closed its skies to Western airlines. Previously, on September 10, Radisson Hotel Group and Finnair announced a loyalty partnership, enabling Radisson Rewards and Finnair Plus members to convert points for flights and hotel stays. Under the scheme, 10 Radisson Rewards points convert to one Finnair Plus Avios, and three Avios convert to five Radisson Rewards points. Earlier, on September 9, Finnair and Helsinki Airport were linked to a case where an Estonian man allegedly obtained approximately €18,000 worth of duty-free merchandise across at least 17 Finnair flights, beginning in 2017, by making purchases with cards lacking sufficient funds. On the same day, Finnair reported carrying 1.126 million passengers in August 2026, marking a 2.3% increase from the prior year, with growth in European traffic offsetting declines on North Atlantic and domestic services. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometres, fell by 4.8%, or 8.4% when including wet-lease operations. This followed a widespread technical fault in Britain's NATS flight-processing system earlier on September 9, which forced Finnair to divert flight AY1335 to London Stansted and cancel four scheduled Helsinki–London rotations, amidst over 1,000 UK flight cancellations.