Mexicana til oneworld

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Finnair Plc - Press release
Mexicana to become part of oneworld on 10 November

Mexico and Central America's leading airline Mexicana will become part of
oneworld, airline alliance on November 10. Finnair has been a member of
oneworld for ten years.

Along with Mexicana, its subsidiaries MexicanaClick and MexicanaLink will join
oneworld at the same time.

“From 10 November 2009 members of Finnair frequent flyer programme will also be
able to earn and redeem mileage awards and use other oneworld benefits, such as
alliance fares, on Mexicanas and its subsidiaries' flights,” says Outi Koponen,
who manages Finnair's oneworld relations.

Mexicana brings oneworld 67 destinations in 14 countries in Central, North and
South America and Europe, including 37 points in Mexico. The airlines' main hub
is Mexico City.

“oneworld is very selective about who we invite on board to join us as a new
member. We only consider airlines that match the quality of our established
partners, who share our priorities of safety, customer service and
profitability and who can expand our existing combined network in key regions,
rather than simply replicating what we already offer,” says oneworld Managing
Partner John McCulloch.

oneworld is the only alliance to have a full Australian network, a member
airline in South America and a member airline in the Middle East. The
comprehensive alliance helps promote efficient travel and the use of the most
direct routes possible, thereby also reducing the emissions generated.

oneworld airlines carried 330 million passengers last year. The oneworld
alliance members are currently American Airlines, British Airways,
CathayPacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév Hungarian Airlines,
Qantas and Royal Jordanian as well as around 20 subsidiaries. Mexicana will
join the alliance in November 2009 and S7 Airlines during the year 2010.

Finnair Plc
Communications
September 21, 2009

Additional information: Outi Koponen, Finnair's oneworld relations, tel. +358 9
818 8539

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