Editing Finnair (section)

===Fleet development===
====Upcoming narrow-body fleet renewal====
Due to an aging narrow-body fleet, Finnair plans to retire the [[Airbus A320|Airbus A320 family]] and replace them with new generation aircraft. The airline estimates to invest up to €4 billion in fleet renewal between 2020 and 2025. Revealed at its Capital Markets Day on November 12, 2019, Finnair plans to grow the size of its fleet from the current 83 (as of November 2019) to approximately 100 by 2025, of which 70% is planned to be [[narrow-body aircraft]] and 30% [[wide-body aircraft]]. One-third of the total investment sum would be used for growth, while two-thirds would be to replace the current fleet.<ref name="FinnairNarrowBody">{{cite web|title=FINNAIR TO ORDER NEW AIRCRAFT & LAUNCH PREMIUM ECONOMY|date=12 November 2019|url=https://aviationanalyst.co.uk/2019/11/12/finnair-to-order-new-aircraft-launch-premium-economy/|access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref> According to Bloomberg, Finnair will replace the old aircraft with either [[Airbus A320neo family]] or [[Boeing 737 MAX]] new generation aircraft.<ref>{{cite news|title=Airbus to Swap Finnair's Zodiac Seats Amid A350 Quality Concerns|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=5 June 2017|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-05/airbus-to-refit-zodiac-luxury-seats-on-finnair-s-a350-jetliners|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> The carrier has also revealed that it is looking for suitable narrow-body aircraft for [[Long haul|long-haul]] use.<ref>{{cite web|title=Finnair etsii myös pidemmille matkoille sopivaa kapearunkokonetta|date=3 June 2019|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10812940|access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref>

On 18 December 2015, Finnair decided to improve the space efficiency of its current Airbus narrow-body fleet due to a growing need for feeder traffic capacity. The value of the investment is approximately EUR 40 million, and it includes 22 narrow-body Airbus aircraft in Finnair's fleet. The cabin layout change excludes five A321 aircraft, which are already configured according to the plan, having 209 seats. The cabin reconfiguration was estimated to take two weeks per aircraft during 2017. The reconfiguration adds 6 to 13 seats depending on the aircraft type, increasing the passenger capacity of Finnair's Airbus narrow-body fleet as measured by available seat kilometers by close to 4 percent.<ref>[http://news.cision.com/finnair/r/finnair-adds-seating-capacity-to-its-feeder-fleet,c9887235 Finnair adds seating capacity to its feeder fleet – ''news.cision.com'']</ref> Finnair also planned to increase its narrow-body fleet. As a first step, Finnair leased eight Airbus A321 narrow-body aircraft from [[BOC Aviation]].

Finnair has occasionally suffered from aircraft shortages and therefore has resorted to [[Aircraft lease|leased]] and [[Wet leased|wet-leased]] aircraft. For instance, in March 2016, Finnair announced it would lease two Airbus A321 aircraft from [[Air Berlin]] for Finnair's European operations. These two aircraft were delivered in late April 2016 to Finnair. The airline used these A321s on flights from [[Helsinki]] to [[Amsterdam]], [[Berlin]], [[Copenhagen]], [[Dubrovnik]], [[Düsseldorf]], [[Ljubljana]], [[Paris]], [[Split, Croatia|Split]], [[Vienna]], and [[Zürich]].<ref>[http://www.lentoposti.fi/uutiset/airberlinin_a321_koneet_saapuivat_lentamaan_finnairin_euroopan_lentoja Finnair leases two Air Berlin A321s for one year – ''Lentoposti.fi'' (Finnish)]</ref> On 15 December 2016, Finnair announced it would lease two [[Airbus A321]]s from CDB Aviation Lease Finance. The first aircraft was scheduled for delivery to Finnair for the 2017-2018 winter season and the second for the 2018 summer season. Seven of the ordered aircraft were delivered in 2017.<ref name="finnairgroup1">[http://www.finnairgroup.com/mediaen/mediaen_7.html?Id=xml_2097311.html Finnair continues the implementation of its growth strategy and leases two further A321 aircraft] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624031023/http://www.finnairgroup.com/mediaen/mediaen_7.html?Id=xml_2097311.html |date=2016-06-24 }} Retrieved on 28 April 2016</ref>

The Finnair-branded short-haul network also includes 24 regional aircraft operated by Nordic Regional Airlines (12 ATR 72 and 12 E-190).

====Recent wide-body fleet renewal====
Finnair announced the order for 11 [[Airbus A350 XWB]] aircraft and 8 options on 8 March 2007. Finnair planned to retire older [[Airbus A340]] aircraft by the end of 2017 and replace them with brand new A350 aircraft. As of 1 February 2017, all Airbus A340 aircraft are withdrawn from the fleet. The very last A340 (OH-LQE) operated its last flight from Tokyo to Helsinki on 1 February 2017. Finnair firmed up orders for eight additional A350 aircraft on 3 December 2014. The first A350 was delivered to Finnair in October 2015, and the airline became the first European operator of the [[Airbus A350]].

As of November 2019, Finnair had 14 A350-900s, with a further 5 to be delivered between 2020 and 2022. The Finnish flag carrier also has considered switching some of the orders for the [[Airbus A350-900]] to the [[Airbus A350-1000]] aircraft but decided to keep the orders for only the A350-900. At the beginning of 2017, Finnair revealed plans to add more seats to some of the Airbus A350 aircraft in order to increase capacity by up to 13%. The new seat configuration has 32 seats in [[Business class|Business Class]], 42 seats in Economy Comfort Class, and 262 in [[Economy class|Economy Class]], a total of 336 seats. This second seat configuration was initially planned to be used on routes with less business class demand such as Bangkok, Beijing, and Seoul, as well as on routes to leisure destinations but they have also been utilized on other busy routes such as [[Shanghai]], [[Osaka]], and [[Tokyo]].<ref name="routesonline1">[http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/271471/finnair-outlines-high-density-a350-900-operational-routes/?highlight=HELSINKI Finnair outlines High-Density A350-900 operational routes] routesonline.com 18 February 2017</ref>

Finnair has modified its previous fleet plan to retire two of [[Airbus A330]] aircraft, which was established in 2014. The 2016 fleet plan now involves keeping its A330 fleet as its A350s are delivered, rather than withdrawing two of them in 2017, and shall retire those aircraft sometime in the 2020s at the earliest. The airline's plan to retire two A330s was not the only change that was planned. Under the previous plan, the long-haul fleet was to grow by one per year, from 15 in 2015 to 20 in 2020. Under the 2016 plan, it was planned to grow to 22 in 2020, and to 26 in 2023. However, should market conditions be weaker than expected, Finnair has the flexibility to return the wide-body fleet to a total of 15 aircraft in 2019 and to maintain it at this level through to 2023. Some of the new A350 aircraft will increase the number of aircraft operated by Finnair.