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Saturday November 27, 2021

Govt urges people to avoid travelling to 6 African countries

The Finnish government on Friday urged the people to avoid travelling to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho following detection of new variant of coronavirus. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs made the guideline in accordance with the recommendation of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), said an

Published: 03:29 am,Thursday 25 November 2021

Finnish airports see higher passengers but 67% lower than 2019

Altogether 772,206 passengers flew through Finnish airports in October 2021, which was about four times higher than the stipulated period of last year, but still only around one-third of the number of passengers in October 2019, according to Statistics Finland. The exceptionally high relative growth in the number of

Published: 03:31 am,Thursday 25 November 2021

Newly furbished T1 at Helsinki Airport opens on 1 Dec

The new and shiny extension of Terminal 2 at Helsinki Airport will open on 1 December, said Finavia, the company operates country´s airports in a press release on Wednesday. In addition to the impressive main entrance and departures hall, the arrivals hall will also be opened. “We are proud to

Published: 00:32 am,Saturday 20 November 2021

Wizz Air to launch Turku-Rome route next year

Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air will launch fight operation between Turku and Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport from 26 September 2022, said country´s airports operator Finavia in a press release on Friday. “We are looking forward to the historic first flight between Turku and Rome. The new

Published: 02:54 am,Wednesday 17 November 2021

Air Leap to operate Turku-Stockholm flights from 24 Jan

Air Leap will start a direct route between Stockholm Arlanda and Turku from 24 January, said Finavia, the company operates country´s airports on Tuesday. Air Leap will operate the route with two daily round trips Monday to Friday and one direct flight from Turku to Stockholm on Saturday with

Published: 23:00 pm,Monday 15 November 2021

Helsinki Port´s West Terminal 1 to remain closed during winter

The West Terminal 1 (T1) at the Helsinki Port will remained closed to traffic for the winter from 18 November 2021 to May, 2022. The check-in and boarding of Silja Europa passengers will be moved from West Terminal 1 (T1) to West Terminal 2 (T2) on 18 November due

Published: 23:10 pm,Tuesday 9 November 2021

Ships link to onshore power at Helsinki, Stockholm, Tallinn

Three Baltic Sea ports- Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn- have invested in onshore power electricity connections that will significantly reduce the emission of air pollutants from vessels at the quayside, said the City of Helsinki in a press release on Tuesday. Large numbers of goods and passengers are transported daily

Published: 21:45 pm,Tuesday 9 November 2021

Finnair to open new routes to Asia, USA

National flag carrier Finnair is preparing for the continued expected gradual opening of Asia, and plans to serve nearly 100 destinations in Asia, the US and Europe during the summer season, which begins on 27 March 2022. The airline will open new long-haul routes to Busan in South Korea,

Published: 01:20 am,Saturday 6 November 2021

Helsinki Port streamlines health checks

The Port of Helsinki on Friday has changed the health examinations procedure for the incoming passengers following the increase of the passenger flow at the port. All passengers, including those arriving by car, will henceforth be classified into two lines, green and red and the passenger must choose the

Published: 23:38 pm,Thursday 4 November 2021

Finnair to resume Turku, Tampere flights on 27 March

National flag carrier Finnair will resume flights to Turku and Tampere on 27 March, 2022 where flight connections remained suspended since spring 2020 against the backdrop of coronavirus outbreak. Finnair will complement the flight connections to Turku and Tampere with a new type of bus connection, to reduce the

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