Emirates introduced flights between Dubai and Helsinki on the first day of October. The 4,540-kilometre route will be maintained daily with the A350-900 aircraft. The carrier faces no direct competition between the two cities. Flight EK167 departs Dubai at 08:15 local time, arriving in Helsinki at 14:30 local time. The return service, operating as flight […]
October 6, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Finnair commenced seasonal operations between its Helsinki hub and Kuressaare in western Estonia on Monday 8 June. The 275-kilometre hop will be maintained 4-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the ATR72-600 turboprop aircraft. The oneworld member is the only airline linking the two cities. Operations will be maintained until 7 August. What they […]
June 22, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Finnair introduced seasonal flights between its Helsinki hub and Toronto YYZ on Monday 4 May. The 6,620-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, with the A330-300 aircraft. The oneworld member faces no competition between the two cities. Flight AY31 departs Helsinki at 16:50 local time, arriving in Toronto YYZ at 18:35 […]
May 14, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Finnair launched flights between Helsinki and Tirana on Thursday 30 April. The 2,135-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, with the A320 aircraft. The oneworld member faces no competition between the two capitals. Flight AY1847 departs Helsinki at 15:35 local time, arriving in Tirana at 18:00 local time. The return service, operating […]
May 11, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Finnair added yet another new route to its network by inaugurating flights between Helsinki and Valencia on Saturday 11 April. The 2,915-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, with the carrier’s A320-family fleet. The oneworld member has no competition on the route. Flight AY1703 departs Helsinki at 06:20 local time, arriving in […]
April 27, 2026 | Latest Route News +
China Southern Airlines introduced another destination in Europe on Sunday 29 March by inaugurating flights between Beijing PKX and Helsinki. The 6,365-kilometre route will initially be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, with the 787-9 aircraft. It will increase to daily from 20 June. The carrier faces no competition on the route. Flight CZ8171 […]
April 7, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Norwegian inaugurated flights between Helsinki and Hurghada on the first day of November. The service will be maintained weekly, on Fridays, with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The carrier will compete against a weekly rotation operated by TUIfly Nordic. Flight D82990 departs Helsinki at 09:10 local time, arriving at 14:30 local time. The return service, […]
November 8, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Norwegian commenced a pair of new seasonal summer services from Milan BGY, adding to its growing network out of the Italian airport. The carrier inaugurated 2-weelly flights to Stavanger, on Norway’s southern coast, on 18 May, and a 3-weekly service to Helsinki, on 2 June. Services to Stavanger will run until 28 September, while flights […]
June 3, 2024 | Air Service Event News, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Finnair commenced operations between its hub in Helsinki and Wroclaw in western Poland on 1 April. The 1,145-kilometre service will be maintained daily, primarily with the 100-seat E190 aircraft, although most months will also see select flights operated by the Airbus A320-family aircraft. It faces no competition on the route. What they said Ole Orver, […]
April 9, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Finnair has added a new destination in Norway by launching flights between Helsinki and Bodo on Saturday 27 May. The 930-kilometre seasonal service will be maintained 3-weekly on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays by an ATR72 turboprop aircraft operated through its subsidiary Nordic Regional Airlines. There is no competition on the route. What they said Saari […]
June 1, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Some 22 European countries have non-stop flights to the US in Q2 (April-June) of this year, according to Cirium schedules information data. Four of these are Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the Nordics. They collectively have 402,000 of the 12.1 million one-way seats – just 3%. Denmark ranks 12th out of the 22, Finland […]
February 14, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Air Service One has collected October passenger figures for almost 250 airports across Europe, including the vast majority of major airports. These can be found in our free to download EATS (European Airport Traffic Statistics) file on the Air Service One homepage. We have identified all major airports reporting over one million passengers in October […]
November 23, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story