Finnair Plc has decided to buy back the company's own shares through public trading on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. The company intends to buy back a maximum of 600,000 shares. The buy-back will commence at the earliest on 5 February 2008 after the release of annual results and will end 1 April 2008 at the latest. The buy-back is being made pursuant to the authority granted by the company's annual general meeting on 22 March 2007 and the shares be used primarily for Finnair Group's share-based incentive scheme 2007-2009. Finnair Plc Communications 4 January 2008