After 25 years, Finnair to stop flying to Goa

Goa | Tuesday | 12th February, 2019

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Finnair's move to discontinue its Goa operations from the next season comes after 25 years of flying to the state and will further diminish the number of Scandinavian tourists. PANAJI: Goa tourism is set to lose another traditional market next month. Goa is losing out because other destinations are offering better packages. "It is unfortunate that Goa has lost another destination," Messias said. It brought two flights a week during season.More than a year ago, Finnair has converted its charter operations into scheduled flights, but a charter operator would book 90 seats per flight to Goa.Chief operating officer at Sita Travel, Ernest Dias, who handled the larger segment of charters to Goa, on Monday said, "Finnare is not coming to Goa from the next season as the charter operator has decided to pull out..