Smoke in the cabin: Finnair Airbus A350-900 returns to Helsinki
On 5 January, a Finnair Airbus A350-900 (registered OH-LWH) operated flight AY141 between Helsinki, Finland, and Bangkok, Thailand. Shortly after take-off - at 4,000...
A world first: Finland’s biggest airport (Helsinki) names itself after all its visitors
Traditionally, airports around the world have been named in honour of great men of the past. Now, Helsinki Airport is naming itself after all...
300 Finnair passengers stranded in Miami since Thursday
Around 300 Finnish travellers have been stranded in Miami since Thursday due to a technical issue on Finnair's Airbus A350-900 registered OH-LWI that led...
Ryanair opens a connection from Helsinki Airport to four Mediterranean destinations
On Sunday 27 March, Ryanair began its summer flights to Alicante, Spain. Other opening routes for the summer season include direct connections to Venice...
Finnair adds wide-body aircraft to flights between Brussels and Helsinki
Finnair’s Belgian customers will soon be able to benefit from flying on the Finnish flag-carrier’s wide-body aircraft between Belgium and Finland for Winter 2018...
Finnair to Doha from three Nordic capitals, while Qatar Airways reduces own traffic to the Nordics
Stockholm and Copenhagen and now also Helsinki: Finnair now flies daily from all three airports to Doha. At the same time, Qatar Airways has...
More flights between Barcelona and Helsinki with Vueling
Spanish airline Vueling will add more flights to Helsinki in winter season 2017–2018
Vueling has been operating the route between Barcelona and Helsinki previously in...
Covid-19 dogs arrive at the Helsinki Airport – able to identify the virus earlier than laboratory tests
Finavia welcomes Covid-19 dogs to Helsinki Airport. The company is pleased with the city of Vantaa’s efforts to test new and efficient ways to...
Air traffic to and from Helsinki Airport has been halted for a few hours
Air traffic at Helsinki Airport has been halted at 22:00 today due to exceptionally bad weather conditions.Apron, runways and taxiways are extremely slippery, and...
Norwegian Air Boeing 737 touches down at Helsinki-Vantaa despite go around instruction
Finland's Onnettomuustutkintakeskus (AIBF) has launched an investigation on a runway incursion that happened on 18 January at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-900...
Finnair Airbus A350 collides with passenger bridge at Helsinki Airport
This morning a Finnair Airbus A350-900 registered OH-LWA collided with the passenger bridge at Helsinki Airport.
The aircraft was arriving from Hong Kong (Flight AY70)...
Emergency evacuation on a Czech Airlines A319 at Helsinki Airport; smoke in the cabin
A Czech Airlines Airbus A319 (OK-PET) -with distinctive Skyteam livery- from Helsinki to Prague was evacuated just before take-off at Helsinki Airport after smoke...
[Trip report] From Brussels to Kajaani (Kainuu region, Finland) and back with Finnair
OUTBOUND FLIGHTS
For a three-day visit of the Kainuu region of Finland, it was evident that Finnair would be the airline of reference. After a...
Finland’s airports will soon be run by AI
A ground-breaking innovation has been proven to reduce flight delays by 61% and will save airports billions of dollars in efficiency improvementsLast year, Finavia,...
Lauda airline to commence a new route between Helsinki and Vienna
Lauda announced on 26 September that it will commence direct flights from Helsinki to Vienna, Austria on the last days of May in 2020....
Trains will begin stopping at Helsinki Airport train station as of 10 July
The Ring Rail Line will take one step further when trains start stopping at the Helsinki Airport train station as of 10 July. Exceptional...
Two Finnish Air Force Hawk 51’s “intercept” Finnair Airbus A320 before it gets a water salute at Helsinki Airport
On Monday 27 May, two Finnish Air Force Hawk 51's scrambled Leijonat, the Finnish men's national ice hockey team that became World Champion on...
New airline in Finland! Blue Air will commence flights between Helsinki and Bucharest
Finland continues to enchant airlines. One of the newcomers is Blue Air, starting direct scheduled flights between Helsinki Airport and Bucharest on June 16.
The...
Ryanair expands in Finland this winter with 9 new routes (incl. one to Brussels South Charleroi), 14 routes in total
Ryanair today (23 June) announced its expansion in Finland which sees its return to Helsinki where it will operate 29 departing flights per week...
Helsinki airport expects severe weather conditions (freezing drizzle) between 10 and 12 December
Freezing drizzle is expected in Southern Finland on Friday and Saturday, December 10-12, 2021. Challenging weather will cause delays in air traffic. Some airlines...