At the beginning of October 2025, the Latvian airline airBaltic marks the 30th anniversary of the route between its home base in Riga, Latvia, and Helsinki, Finland. This was the airline’s second-ever direct service, following the first commercial flight from Riga to Stockholm, Sweden, on Octob...

Finnair is continuing to grow its global presence, adding extra long-haul flights from its Helsinki hub to America and Asia next summer. The news means the airline will boast its largest ever U.S. schedule from Helsinki in 2025, with flights to Asia also at their highest levels since 2019. Fro...

Finnair celebrated 70 years of flights between London and Helsinki yesterday, having operated its first-ever service between the two cities in 1954. The Nordic airline’s inaugural flight departed Helsinki on 1 September 1954, flying to Copenhagen and on to Dusseldorf, before finally arriving in...

Finnair has revealed its new Schengen Lounge in Helsinki Airport, designed to bring convenience to customers. Set to open on 9 July 2024, the new lounge has been crafted based on customer feedback and inspired by Finnair’s Nordic design language and comforting colour scheme. It follows the s...

Finnair has revealed its new Schengen Lounge in Helsinki Airport, designed to bring unparalleled comfort and convenience to customers. Set to open on 9 July 2024, the new lounge has been crafted based on customer feedback and inspired by Finnair’s Nordic design language and comforting colour sc...

Finnair is relaunching its popular route to the Norwegian town of Bodø today after a successful launch last summer. The new route from Helsinki remains the only scheduled international flight from the city as Finnair continues to reinforce its Nordic network, the airline said. Flights to the mi...

Finnair’s first flight to Nagoya since pre-pandemic, officially took to the skies this morning, as the airline continues to extend its route network. Flight AY79 departed Helsinki at 12:15am this morning, before touching down in the Japanese city at 6:29pm local time. The inaugural flight ma...

Finnair is celebrating 30 years of direct flights from Helsinki to Manchester, having launched the first service on 27 March, 1994. Finnair’s flights provide an important connection between the North of England and markets in Asia, allowing important business routes to thrive and giving holiday...

Finnair is set to launch a new ‘Arctic Express’ service connecting Helsinki, Rovaniemi and Tromsø, as it improves its Nordic flight connections. Aimed at enhancing services within the Arctic, this new flight route will be the only direct connection between Rovaniemi, the hometown of Santa Cl...

Finnair has added more flights between Helsinki and Bangkok this winter, in response to increased demand for travel to Thailand. From 29 October, the award-winning airline will increase the number of winter flights from 11 per week to offer an increased double daily service, providing customers w...

Finnair has today resumed flights to Eilat in Israel after an absence of over two years. The Finnish flag carrier is one of the first European airlines to fly to Eilat this year, relaunching weekly flights from its hub in Helsinki. The first flight, operated by one of the carrier’s A321s, re...

Finnair and oneworld partner Qatar Airways have concluded an agreement to establish a long-term strategic cooperation between Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen and Doha. Finnair and Qatar Airways are exploring opening services also between another European destination and Doha. These services...

Tomorrow, 6 August, Finnair is launching new direct flights from Helsinki to Mumbai in India. Flights to the iconic Indian city will initially operate three times a week, increasing to four times weekly in November. Customers will experience Finnair’s state-of-the-art A330, which offers a ch...

Finnair will operate a weekly service between its Helsinki hub (HEL) and Guangzhou (CAN) in China, starting 6 September. The flight will be operated with an Airbus A350 aircraft, with departures from Helsinki on Tuesdays and departures from Guangzhou on Thursdays. Flights are available throug...

Finnair’s focus on Japan - If travel restrictions allow - will see the airline resume services to all five destinations it served before the pandemic, including Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo – and sixth new service to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Ole Orvér, Finnair Chief Commercia...