With flight demands to Asia increasing, Finnair has taken action to modify its Airbus A350-900 fleet to support the operation. The airline has worked with Airbus to modify ten of its Airbus A350-900 aircraft to carry more customers and cargo to increase the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) for several of its aircraft as demand for flights to and from Asia has risen. Finnair made the changes to aircraft which regularly serve Seoul and Tokyo, two of the longer intercontinental routes. Finnair used to send its aircraft via Russian airspace – which is closed to the carrier currently. The modifications were completed during the first weeks in January, and operation with the new maximum take-off weight began on 18 January.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2023 00:30 UTC