Decisions of the constitutive meeting of Finnair Plc Board of Directors

Finnair Plc           Stock Exchange Release    21 March 2018 at 8.00 a.m. EET

In its constitutive meeting, held after the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors elected Colm Barrington Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board also appointed members to its Audit Committee and Compensation and Nomination Committee.

Ms. Maija-Liisa Friman was elected Chairman of the Audit Committee and Colm Barrington, Montie Brewer and Henrik Kjellberg as other members of the Audit Committee.

Jaana Tuominen was elected Chairman of the Compensation and Nomination Committee and Mengmeng Du and Jonas Mårtensson as other members of the Compensation and Nomination Committee.

The Board assessed the independence of its members and concluded that all members are non-executive members independent of the Company and its major shareholders.

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Finnair is a network airline specialising in passenger and cargo traffic between Asia and Europe. Helsinki’s geographical location gives Finnair a competitive advantage, since the fastest connections between many European destinations and Asian megacities fly over Finland. Finnair’s vision is to offer its passengers a unique Nordic experience, and its mission is to offer the smoothest, fastest connections in the northern hemisphere via Helsinki and the best network to the world from its home markets. Finnair is the only Nordic network airline with a 4-star Skytrax ranking and a member of the oneworld alliance. In 2017, Finnair’s revenues amounted to EUR 2,568 million and it carried almost 12 million passengers. Finnair Plc’s shares are quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki.