Originally Posted by nclbase
perhaps a year round AY aircraft. Anyone have any news on this?
AY don't have 757s to spare in the winter which is their peak season, when they have a surprisingly long haul programme for the entire 757 fleet.
Much of it is to the Canaries (about 6 hours from Helsinki) but they also do some real long-hauls with them, almost daily to Phuket in Thailand (tech stopping in India) and to several resorts in Northern Brasil (tech stopping in Tenerife). That's a huge long haul in a max-charter seated 757.
It's a far northern thing to have your peak in the winter, the Canadians are the same. In summer they both prefer to go up to their cabins by the lake.