BASe Airlines to run Helsinki- Savonlinna flight from Nov 13

Budapest Aircraft Service, BASe Airlines will operate flights between Helsinki Airport and Savonlinna from November 13, 2023 to December 19, 2025, said country’s airports operator Finavia, quoting Finnish Transport and Communications Agency- Traficom.

Traficom and the City of Savonlinna have signed a contract with the Hungarian BASe Airlines, on the provision of scheduled flights between Helsinki Airport and Savonlinna Airport.

The contract with the Estonian airline NyxAir to operate flights on this route expired on October 5.

In August 2023, Traficom announced that BASe Airlines had won the public tender for the provision of scheduled flights between Helsinki and Savonlinna.

Seven return flights per week during the winter season and six return flights per week during the summer season were put out to tender. There will be a break in flights for about three weeks in August in 2024 and 2025.

The City of Savonlinna and the Finnish state are responsible for the procurement costs.