A Juneyao Air flight arrives at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Finland, June 28, 2019. Juneyao Air opened Shanghai-Helsinki direct air route Friday, providing non-stop intercontinental flight service with wide-body aircraft. The new direct air route will offer more flexible and convenient flight experience to passengers, Juneyao Air said. (Xinhua/Finavia/Pasi Salminen)

SHANGHAI, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Juneyao Air opened Shanghai-Helsinki direct air route Friday, providing non-stop intercontinental flight service with wide-body aircraft.

The new direct air route will offer more flexible and convenient flight experience to passengers, Juneyao Air said.

The round-trip direct flight service is carried by B787 wide-body aircraft each day, linking Shanghai in east China with the capital of the Nordic country Finland.

Juneyao Air and Finnair have code-share cooperation on both the Shanghai-Helsinki intercontinental route and their domestic routes respectively in China and Finland.

Headquartered in Shanghai, Juneyao Air is a private Chinese airline. It operates a total of more than 140 domestic and international air routes.

In 2018, the airline provided air services to more than 18 million passengers.?