Finnair to offer new weekly flights to Balearic Islands

FINLAND'S national airline has launched new flight routes to the Balearic Islands, due to take off for the first time in summer 2017.

Menorca (Mahón, or Maó) and Ibiza join Corfu (Greece) and Reykjavik (Iceland) as Finnair's four new destinations for next year.

Connections every Sunday between Helsinki and Maó, and every Saturday between the Finnish capital and Ibiza will run from June 17 to August 12 inclusive, although Corfu is expected to be next summer's star Finnair destination.

The carrier will fly four times a week to and from Reykjavik, sharing its flight code with Icelandair, which also runs long-haul flights and is the gateway to Asia by air from Scandinavia, offering Finns a quicker route to the eastern continent.

Starting March 27, Finnair will also run nine flights a week between Helsinki and Dublin (Republic of Ireland) and its connections with Edinburgh, Scotland will increase to five times a week.

Finnair will also run flights to London Gatwick from next year, using the new Airbus A350 it acquired last October.