Finnair to lease A320 aircraft, pilots from GetJet

National flag carrier Finnair will lease an Airbus A320 aircraft and flight deck crew from the Lithuanian airline GetJet from June 2018 to January 2019 to support Finnair’s growing traffic, said a Finnair press release.

The leased GetJet aircraft will operate some of Finnair’s flights from Helsinki to Budapest, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Krakow and Pafos during the period.

The pilots will be from GetJet while the cabin crew and service concept will be from Finnair.

“We have a record number of flights next summer to both Asia and Europe. The leased aircraft will for its part ensure that we are able to operate all the flights in our traffic plan,” said Juha Järvinen, Chief Commercial Officer at Finnair.

Customers are able to see the operating carrier when they are making their bookings on Finnair.com. Customers who already have a reservation on one of the flights that will be operated with the leased aircraft will be informed of the change in operating carrier through text message or email.

Customers can change their travel date due to this change in operating carrier if they so wish, the press release added.