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Monday May 23, 2022

Finnish airports see higher passengers in Apr but lower than 2019

A total of 1,131,132 passengers flew through Finnish airports in April 2022, according to Statistics Finland. The number of passengers was five per cent bigger than in the previous month. This was a multiple number compared to the previous year, but still only slightly over one-half of the number of

Published: 02:56 am,Friday 20 May 2022

Ryanair to open flights to Rovaniemi from Dublin, Brussels, London

Europe's largest budget airline Ryanair will operate flights to Rovaniemi from the Dublin, London Stansted and Brussels South Charleroi airports during the winter season, said country´s airports operator Finavia. There will be two weekly flights between Rovaniemi and Dublin as well as between Rovaniemi and Brussels, and four weekly

Published: 02:15 am,Thursday 12 May 2022

Switch failure disrupts metro service in Helsinki

The Metro service between Siilitie and Kulosaari remained suspended on Wednesday morning due to a switch failure, said the City of Helsinki in a press release, quoting the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (Helsingin seudun liikenne – HSL). On other sections of line services were running at irregular headways throughout

Published: 03:23 am,Wednesday 4 May 2022

Number of passengers at Finnish airports falls by 431% in Q1 2022

The total number of passengers at Finnish airports was 2.7 million from January to March in 2022, which is 431 % lower compared to the stipulated period of the previous year, said country´s airports operator Finavia. Revenues for January–March 2022 decreased by 153.4 % and amounted to EUR 64.7

Published: 00:14 am,Thursday 5 May 2022

Ryanair's monthly traffic returns to pre-pandemic levels

Monthly traffic figures of Europe's largest budget airline Ryanair have returned to pre-pandemic levels for the second month in a row, according to the statistics released by the Ireland-headquartered airline on Wednesday, reported Xinhua. In April 2022, Ryanair operated over 82,600 flights, carrying a total of 14.24 million

Published: 22:03 pm,Friday 22 April 2022

airBaltic opens Tampere-Amsterdam flight on 1 June

Latvian airline airBaltic on Friday announced its planning to launch new scheduled flights between Tampere, Finland and Amsterdam, Netherlands on 1 June, said the airline in a press release. airBaltic has scheduled to connect both cities with two weekly flights. “We aim to provide the best travel opportunities and connectivity

Published: 02:58 am,Friday 22 April 2022

Finnair lifts face mask requirement on flights

National flag carrier Finnair on Thursday decided to lift the requirement to wear a face mask on board all flights from 25 April, said Finnair in a press release. Passengers and crew are no longer required to wear a face mask onboard Finnair flights, unless it is specifically required

Published: 04:25 am,Wednesday 20 April 2022

Finnish airports see higher passengers in Mar but lower than 2019

A total of 1,080,033 passengers flew through Finnish airports in March 2022 and the number of passengers was about 30 per cent higher than in the first two months of the year, according to Statistics Finland. This was a multiple number compared to last year, but still only nearly

Published: 23:14 pm,Sunday 17 April 2022

Foreign tourist inflow drops by 9% in 2021

The number of overnight stays by non-resident tourists decreased by nine percent in 2021 compared to the previous year, according to Statistics Finland. A total of 2.1 million overnight stays for non-resident tourists were recorded in 2021 as the number of foreign tourists started to increase from the latter

Published: 02:11 am,Wednesday 13 April 2022

Int´l cruise season in Helsinki begins on Thursday

The international cruise season for the summer is kicking off in Helsinki on Thursday with MS Hamburg arriving in the South Harbour. According to advance bookings, 186 ship calls with up to 349,000 passengers are planned for Helsinki, said the Port of Helsinki in a press release on Tuesday. “We

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