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Helsinki Airport’s interim Finland-Asia air traffic lags pre-pandemic performance
July 19th 2024
From January to June this year, Helsinki Airport’s Asia route traffic was almost 50% lower than in pre-pandemic 2019. Read More » “In air traffic, Finland is moving in the opposite direction to the rest of the Eurozone. Compared with other European airports, the recovery of passenger volumes at Helsinki Airport in particular has been slower than average. Its situation is particularly affected by geopolitics: Due to the Russian airspace ban, there are significantly fewer flights to Asia. There have been 45% less passengers travelling on Asian routes than in 2019,” Finavia’s senior vice president route development, Petri Vuoria, said. Despite the lower passenger numbers, airports in Asia were the most popular long-haul destinations served from Finland’s capital, with the top five cities being Bangkok, Tokyo, Seoul, Doha and Singapore.
