Both parties of the negotiations have rejected a conciliation proposal made on Sunday by the National Conciliator Esa Lonka with respect to a new collective agreement on air transport services. On Monday morning, 25 October at 5 a.m. the IAU will begin a strike in companies providing aviation technical services. The strike will disrupt Finnish flight traffic. The strike will also affect Finnair flights. Finnair will make every effort to operate normally, but delays and cancellations are possible. "It is difficult to assess the impact of the strike, because the situation of flights can change at short notice. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience our customers may experience," says SVP Customer Service Anssi Komulainen. Customers are recommended to monitor the situation of their flights on Finnair's information page at the internet address www.finnair.fi/info. The website will show updates of the followings days' flight programme with possible changes. Information can also be found on Finnair's Finnair Facebook page, www.facebook.com/finnair. If a flight is cancelled due to the strike, every effort will be made to reroute passengers to their destination on other flights. We strongly recommend that passengers pack essential items, such as medicines, travel documents and keys, in hand baggage. Tickets for a cancelled flight will be refunded or the flight departure can be transferred to another date up to 30 November 2010. In case of cancellations or changes, we recommend that customers contact the party that sold the ticket. Finnair Plc Communications 24.10.2010 Further information for the media: Finnair Media Desk tel. 09 818 4020 Further information for customers: www.finnair.fi/info and by telephone 0600 140 140