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Passenger volumes at Helsinki Airport increasing faster than at other Nordic main airports

In March, the growth of passenger traffic at the main Nordic airports was the fastest at Helsinki Airport for the eleventh consecutive month. The increase in passenger volumes also continues at other Finnish airports. In the first quarter of 2018, Finavia’s airports were visited by a little over 5.9 million passengers.“We carry out a monthly comparison of the growth rate of Helsinki Airport’s international passenger traffic to the reported growth of passenger volumes at other main airports in Northern Europe. In a long-term comparison, we surpassed Oslo in Norway and Copenhagen in Denmark

Finland sees record-breaking number of air passengers in 2017 – share of international passengers growing rapidly

In 2017, the Finnish airport company Finavia served nearly 22.7 million passengers at its 21 airports. Helsinki Airport, the largest airport in Finland, broke its record with nearly 19 million passengers in a year. The Lapland airports in Northern Finland achieved their milestone of one million air passengers earlier in the year than ever before.For the entire country, the passenger numbers increased by 10.8% in December and a total of 9.2% in 2017. The growth reflects the excellent year of the Finnish airline Finnair, the allure of Finland and the increasingly important status of Helsinki

Helsinki Airport’s #LIFEINHEL hero heads to magical Lapland

It is time for an igloo hotel, the Northern Lights, Santa Claus with his reindeers and fresh Arctic air. After 30 days of living in Helsinki Airport, #LIFEINHEL star Ryan Zhu will travel with his nearest and dearest to Lapland, a popular winter destination.Finland is one of the hot spots in travelling. Both National Geographic and Lonely Planet named the country as one of the best destinations in the world in 2017. Finavia, the Finnish airport operator, has been highlighting through Ryan’s experiences how smooth travelling to Finland is. Now this #LIFEINHEL campaign will reach its zenith

Chinese and Russian interpreters available on a tablet at Finnish airports

Finnish airport operator Finavia is piloting a virtual interpreting service for the Chinese and Russian languages at its airports in Helsinki and Rovaniemi. The digital interpreters help passengers and service providers at airports to cross the potential language barrier.Tulka, a Finnish mobile interpreting service, and Finavia, the operator of the 21 Finnish airports, have launched a pilot project at Helsinki Airport and in Rovaniemi, at the official airport of Santa Claus. Sales and service personnel at the airports will test the interpretation service on tablet computers in different

Super winter starts in Lapland: Almost 1,000 planes rushing to the north in December!

The fantastic route season at Finavia’s airports in Lapland began when the first international routes of the winter from Europe to Kittilä and Rovaniemi opened on 2 December.From the point of Finavia and tourism in Lapland, this will be a real super winter, kicked off by the first flight by Norwegian from London to Rovaniemi, the official hometown of Santa Claus. It was immediately followed by Monarch flights from Manchester and London to Kittilä. In addition, there will be new routes operated by Germania and Lufthansa, which has substantially increased its flights to Lapland, encouraged

Lapland’s summer enchanted a Dutch tour operator: More charter flights to Santa's Official Home Airport

Dutch Voigt Travel will bring more charter flights from the Netherlands to Rovaniemi airport during the 2017 summer season.Voigt Travel will start summer flights from Amsterdam to Rovaniemi next June. Travellers from the Netherlands will arrive at Rovaniemi Airport twice a week from the beginning of June to the end of July.   “This is great news for tourism in Lapland. Previously we have had new routes opened for the winter season, but now new routes will also be opened to Lapland’s summer. We will give a warm welcome to the travellers arriving from Holland to enjoy the Finnish summer

Statistics: Traveling from Asia to Arctic Lapland via Helsinki is more and more popular

There is a positive trend in Lapland tourism. According to Finavia statistics, the number of transit passengers from Asia to Lapland increased by over 9% last year. The number of charter flights in Lapland increased by 19% in the Christmas season. Finavia will invest over EUR 35 million in Lapland's airports in 2014-2016.Finavia statistics show that last year, a higher number of transit passengers travelled from Helsinki Airport to Lapland airports. The number of passengers who switched from Asian routes to aircraft bound to Lapland increased by over 9%. Japan, by far, accounted for the

Lapland's attractiveness increases: Busy winter expected at Santa’s official home airport

Finavia, the Finnish airport operator, has raised the passenger experience at Rovaniemi Airport to a whole new level. Airports in Lapland are eagerly awaiting the busiest winter season which is looking better than in years when measured by the number of bookings. Finavia has invested nearly EUR 20 million in Lapland's airports in 2014–2015.The service level, enjoyment and smoothness of Rovaniemi Airport have been improved. The changes have focused on security control and service desks at the terminal and the appearance of the airport. “Finavia has made significant investments in making

Finavia invests in the travel experience at Santa's official airport

Contributing to the prospects of tourism in Lapland, Finavia Corporation is investing in Rovaniemi Airport. Modernisation of the terminal will make travel smoother and more comfortable as soon as next winter. The airport's atmosphere and services will feature the magic of Lapland and the nature of Finland more prominently.Rovaniemi Airport in Finland is in the middle of large-scale improvements. The security checkpoint will receive a total facelift, passport control will be relocated, and the facilities of Customs will be renovated. Services will be upgraded with a new restaurant section

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