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Finnair to Lauderdale arrival time: November
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Counting on Finnish tourists and snowbirds to flock to South Florida for the warm weather, weak dollar and community of Finns, Finnair will begin flights to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in November.
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Finnish airline will fly to Fort Lauderdale
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2...With airports across Florida competing for more overseas airlines, Fort Lauderdale has scored at least seasonal service from Finland-based Finnair. From the Miami Herald: Counting on Finnish tourists and snowbirds to flock to South Florida for the warm weather, weak dollar and community of Finns, Finnair will begin flights to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in November. Finnair, which has flown off-and-on to Miami International Airport since the late 1980s, chose Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood because of the large Finnish community in the Lake Worth area, ''smoother'' Customs processing, and because package tour organizers' accommodations ''are more conveniently located'' near Fort Lauderdale, said Usko Maatta, a Finnair spokesman in Helsinki. The majority of the 227 seats onboard the Boeing 757s are to be sold by Finland's three largest tour operators, though individual seats also will be available, he said. The weekly flights, which will stop in Halifax, Canada, to refuel, will run from Nov. 10 to March 23. More here.
