China travel recovering: Sichuan Airlines resumes flights between Helsinki and Chengdu
Starting on 29 July 2022, the Chinese airline Sichuan Airlines is flying once a week from Helsinki Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. The...
Helsinki Airport celebrates its 70th anniversary
Today, 5 July, it will be exactly 70 years since the first passenger aircraft landed at Helsinki Airport. It carried athletes and guests to...
All passengers at Helsinki Airport will use the same terminal in the future
The implementation project is progressing on time
Passengers will benefit from smoother routes and more extensive services. Finavia is monitoring the progress of the implementation...
Finnair launches direct flights from Helsinki Airport to Seattle
On Wednesday 1 June, the opening of Finnair’s new Helsinki, Finland ? Seattle, United States route was celebrated at Helsinki Airport. Finnair flies to...
Icelandair reopens route to Helsinki Airport from Reykjavik
Icelandair reopened the direct route from Helsinki Airport to Reykjavik on April 2, 2022. Passengers departing from Helsinki Airport will once again be able...
Finnair offers bus connections from Turku and Tampere to Helsinki Airport from May onwards
Starting 2 May 2022, Finnair customers can travel between Turku and Helsinki and Tampere and Helsinki in Finland either by air or with a...
Finnair’s new route to Dallas celebrated at Helsinki Airport
Celebration was in the air at Helsinki Airport when the first flight to Dallas was dispatched on Sunday 27 March. The route to the...
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...
Norwegian reopens base in Helsinki and recruits 150 crew in Finland
As part of the preparations for the summer season, Norwegian has started recruitment of more than 150 air crew that will be based at...
Finnair continues serving Shanghai and Seoul flying around Russian airspace, cancels flights to Osaka and Hong Kong until end of April
Finnair has continued to update its traffic programme due to the closure of the Russian airspace. The further increased price of cargo currently enables...
Finnair resumes flights to Tokyo Narita with four weekly frequencies, avoiding Russian airspace
As of 9 March 2022, Finnair flies to Tokyo Narita airport four times a week out of Helsinki, avoiding the Russian airspace. The flight...
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...
Challenging weather conditions affect air traffic at Helsinki Airport on 4-5 January 2022
According to the weather forecast, rain, freezing drizzle and snow is expected in Southern Finland on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 4-5. Passengers should be...
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...
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...
Finnair adds Seattle from Helsinki and continues flights from Stockholm to Los Angeles and New York during the summer season
Finnair expands its network in the United States and opens flights from Helsinki to Seattle starting 1 June 2022. In the 2022summer season, Finnair...
Finnair to debut Larnaca to Helsinki flights in summer 2022
Finnair will commence direct flights from Larnaca to Helsinki in the 2022 summer season. Flights will be operated by Airbus A320/A321, twice a week,...
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...
Helsinki Airport opens extension of Terminal 2 on 1 December
The new and shiny extension of Terminal 2 will open on 1 December 2021. In addition to the impressive main entrance and departures hall,...
Finnair complements Turku and Tampere flight connections with bus connections to lower the CO2 footprint of the route as of summer 2022
Finnair will resume flights to two of its domestic destinations, Turku and Tampere, where flight connections have been on hold since spring 2020 due to...