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Qantas launches 7-hour Australia scenic flight to nowhere

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AIRLINES

Qantas launches 7-hour Australia scenic flight to nowhere

Foreigner.fi 9/17/20

The flight will also include an in-flight auction of Boeing 747 memorabilia.

Passenger traffic at Finnish airports plunged 89% in July

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BUSINESS

Passenger traffic at Finnish airports plunged 89% in July

Foreigner.fi 8/27/20

Finnair has just announced that it will cut 1,000 jobs due to falling demand for travel. Now, official figures confirm that passenger traffic is minimal at airports.

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Belgian aviation police chief transferred after officer's Nazi salute

Foreigner.fi 8/22/20

The deceased inmate, Slovakian Jozef Chovanec, was arrested at Charleroi airport in 2018, according to media reports.

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TO COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS

Finland reopens 3 airports

Foreigner.fi 8/11/20

Tampere airport is also planning on reopening its doors to passengers in September.

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Woman stopped at the airport with husband's bones in luggage

Foreigner.fi 8/4/20

The man had died in 2008 and was buried in Greece.

Passengers at Finnish airports decreased by 96%

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AIR TRAFFIC COLLAPSE

Passengers at Finnish airports decreased by 96%

Foreigner.fi 7/30/20

Helsinki Airport accounted for 81% of all passengers at domestic airports.

Tourism

Wizz Air starts new route from Turku to Larnaca

Foreigner.fi 7/13/20

Direct flights to Larnaca will be operated twice a week throughout the year.

Business

Passenger traffic at Finnish airports collapsed

Foreigner.fi 7/8/20

The number of passengers at Helsinki airport decreased by 97.6% between April and June.

Passengers at Finnish airports decreased by 98%

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CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Passengers at Finnish airports decreased by 98%

Foreigner.fi 6/25/20

Altogether 5 million passengers flew through Finnish airports in the January to May period

Finnish airport restaurants and services gradually reopening

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BUSINESS

Finnish airport restaurants and services gradually reopening

Foreigner.fi 6/10/20

Popular restaurants opened their doors again in early June.

Business

Airlines protest as Britain begins Covid-19 quarantine for arrivals

Foreigner.fi 6/8/20

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary says "millions of jobs" could be lost.

Tourism

Ryanair plans to restore 40% of scheduled flights on 1 July

Foreigner.fi 5/12/20

Cabin crew will wear face masks/coverings. Queuing for toilets will be prohibited and toilet access will be made available to individual passengers "upon request." The airline also intends to ask…

Business

Lapland airport seeks new owner to avoid closure

Cesar Calvar 5/5/20

Located in deep Lapland, Enontekiö airport has been mainly used for charter flights in winter, particularly by British tourists willing to experience the wild north. The end of scheduled flights and…

Tourism

Only 20% of coronavirus cases in Finland linked to tourism

Foreigner.fi 5/5/20

Since 27 March, 8,837 health checks have been carried out at the Helsinki airport. Most of the cases related to tourism were imported from Austria.

Business

Video: This is how Helsinki airport looks completely empty at Easter

Foreigner.fi 4/12/20

"The airport is almost ghostly deserted," police says.

Business

Coronavirus will cost Finnish airports over 100 million euros

Foreigner.fi 4/7/20

Air traffic sank by 57.2% in March at Helsinki-Vantaa airport. "And the numbers keep falling," says Finavia.

Coronavirus

Government imposes mandatory health forms at the airport for returnees

Foreigner.fi 3/28/20

People at the health checkpoint who are experiencing symptoms will be directed to sampling and brought to hotel accommodation to wait for the results. The use of public transport will not be…