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Travel connections between Europe and the far east will be boosted in 2010 when Finnair launches daily flights to Tokyo.

In what the company claims will be 'an important milestone', Finnair will increase its number of weekly flights from Finland to Japan to 24.

This month, an agreement was reached between the two countries that will enable Finnair to increase the number of services to all of its destinations in Japan – Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.

Mika Perho of Finnair said that operating a daily connection to Tokyo has been the airline's goal for the past 20 years.

He added: 'Even in financially difficult times, we must also look purposefully towards future earning opportunities. Receiving additional flights to Japan shows that Finnair's Asian strategy is moving forward.

'Our goal is to establish daily connections to all of our Asian destinations, and in this we have now succeeded with regard to Tokyo and Nagoya. We can now offer our customers more efficient flight connections than in the past and better service.'

The development will involve further cooperation between Finnair and its oneworld alliance partner Japan Airlines.

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