Finland’s fast-growing air transport hub has achieved another record, surpassing 20 million passengers.

Sammonmäki, a popular Helsinki plane spotting site, is located on the route of a new highway. But there’s still time to object.

Airport operator Finavia and telecoms giant Telia have brought a new big-data specialist to run around the terminal.

China Southern has received permission to fly to the north-eastern edge of the EU. But it might need a partner airline.

Cinema in HEL is described as the world’s first cinema that requires two people to watch and is painted in non-reflecting black.

With two new routes to Tel Aviv and Agadir and other openings, the airline is raising capacity in Finland by 20%.

China’s Juneyao Airlines will open its first intercontinental route from Shanghai, to an airport in northern Europe.

The year began very strongly for Finnish airports, but the monthly stats reveal an abrupt slowdown in September.

The method of presenting flight departure times at Helsinki Airport is changing to follow the international norm.

Traffic at Helsinki and Finavia’s airports’ continues to grow – to 19 million passengers so far in 2018.

lydubai’s first flight from the Finnish capital, code-shared with Emirates, took off in foggy weather.

The low-cost carrier is adding frequencies to sunny destinations, raising capacity this winter by almost 85%.

Face detection, a targeted information display wall, customer service chatbot, even cleaning the toilets are based on data.

The website Sleeping in Airports has named HEL the best place in Europe for “the dreaded airport sleepover”.

A pilot who turned up for work very intoxicated last week was ready to fly from Helsinki to Rome.

The two routes include the first low-cost flights from Russia to the Nordics and a red-eye from Sweden.

Biometric identification is beginning to transform airports, which is why Finavia is looking for the right system.

“For me, the airport has always signified freedom,” Finavia’s new chief executive Kimmo Mäki says in an interview.

A new service at Helsinki Airport allows outbound travellers to pick up what they buy when they get back.

A whole range of extra frequencies and routes are boosting HEL’s profile even further, including to Sweden, Norway and Iceland.