Champagne glasses clinked at Oulu Airport last Monday when Blue1 reopened direct flights from Oulu to Stockholm.
Kuva: Risto Rasila
Champagne glasses clinked at Oulu Airport last Monday when Blue1 reopened direct flights from Oulu to Stockholm. On the previous Sunday, the company had opened up direct connections from Oulu to Copenhagen as well. Expanding operations to the Scandinavian capitals is part a new strategy on the part of the company.
Rather than diverting outbound flights to Helsinki, Blue1 betting on direct flights from Oulu to Stockholm and Copenhagen, both cities which offer better connecting flights.
The carrier has twice in the past attempted the Oulu–Stockholm route, and both times terminated the routes due to unprofitability.
Air Baltic and Finnair too have made aborted attempts at the Oulu–Stockholm route in years past.