The low-cost carrier is adding frequencies to sunny destinations, raising capacity this winter by almost 85%.
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How Finnish airports are experimenting with AI
Face detection, a targeted information display wall, customer service chatbot, even cleaning the toilets are based on data.
Read More »Why Helsinki is “best airport to sleep at”
The website Sleeping in Airports has named HEL the best place in Europe for “the dreaded airport sleepover”.
Read More »Finnair confirms case of drunk pilot
A pilot who turned up for work very intoxicated last week was ready to fly from Helsinki to Rome.
Read More »Two new Russia routes to Nordics
The two routes include the first low-cost flights from Russia to the Nordics and a red-eye from Sweden.
Read More »Finland searches for biometric system provider
Biometric identification is beginning to transform airports, which is why Finavia is looking for the right system.
Read More »Finavia CEO equates airports with freedom
“For me, the airport has always signified freedom,” Finavia’s new chief executive Kimmo Mäki says in an interview.
Read More »Pick up airport purchases on your return
A new service at Helsinki Airport allows outbound travellers to pick up what they buy when they get back.
Read More »Finnair splurges on capacity in 2018
A whole range of extra frequencies and routes are boosting HEL’s profile even further, including to Sweden, Norway and Iceland.
Read More »Strikes hit Ryanair, Air France, Helsinki Airport
Thousands of air passengers face travel chaos as strikes hit some Ryanair and Air France flights. A minor strike is expected in Helsinki too.
Read More »Finland scoops two top aviation awards
The airport operator’s #LIFEINHEL initiative is highly commended, while HEL wins 'best airport in northern Europe'.
Read More »Hold a meeting in a former airport jail cell
At the just-opened Scandic Helsinki Airport, the meeting rooms used to be cells for the airport police.
Read More »Helsinki Airport gets a new director
Joni Sundelin has been appointed from within the Finnish airport operator Finavia.
Read More »Helsinki best airport in world – according to Finns
Around 550 Finnish business travellers are asked what their favourite airports are and why.
Read More »Multimodal travel centre planned at HEL
Helsinki Airport’s future travel centre will be a “large entity” matching different modes of transport.
Read More »Finnish airports enhance service for Chinese
Free envelopes with discounts and New Year wishes are just the tip of the iceberg.
Read More »More Nordic-Asia flights (via Helsinki)
The Swedish airline BRA is to launch a fourth route to Helsinki, to connect with Finnair flights further east.
Read More »Record year for air traffic in Finland
Rapidly growing international passengers drives figures.
Read More »Angry Birds chief plans Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel
Business development chief aims to open undersea tunnel in 2024
Read More »Helsinki Airport breaks new record
Annual passenger numbers more than three times population of Finland
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