Helsinki - Finnish flag carrier Finnair on Tuesday posted a pre-tax loss of 25 million euros (32 million dollars) for the first quarter of 2009, and expected the year to be "difficult."The group posted a pre-tax profit of 4 million euros in the first quarter of 2008.
Turnover fell 10 per cent per cent to 515 million euros.
"Our results from the first quarter reflect the situation of the entire airline industry regrettably well," Chief Executive Jukka Hienonen said in a statement.