Flight information

Several countries have set requirements for travellers arriving in the country. It is good to know that some countries will collect travel-related information regarding your journey already before you begin your travel.

We have introduced a new payment device onboard our flights to offer you new payment method options.

The  Chinese authorities have introduced requirements for passengers arriving in mainland China.

As the coronavirus pandemic still affects air travel and flight demands globally, we have reviewed our traffic plan for autumn and winter 2021 - 2022. See the instructions here if your travel plans were affected due to changes.

Helsinki Airport’s traffic arrangements to change on 2 March 2021

During the peak hours and busier times, the number of customers on all our flights and at the airports increases. Congestion is expected from time to time and service points, such as check-in or security control may have queues. Please arrive at the airport latest 2 hours before your flight or if you are travelling to the USA, latest 3 hours before your flight.

The UK authorities have introduced requirements for customers arriving in the country.

The coronavirus situation still affects air travel significantly, and many countries have set travel restrictions. We will adjust our traffic plan according to the demand and changing travel restrictions.

Since the spread of the coronavirus, we know your travel plans can change anytime. To offer more flexibility to change bookings in these unprecedented times, we have updated our ticket change policy.

You can see where you can travel from Finnair’s travel requirements map.

We are suspending operations on Afghanistan airspace for the time being.

We no longer accept fabric masks on our flights, starting 16 August 2021.

While Finnair air traffic is still low, we are looking for cost-effective ways to carry out operations. As of 16 August 2021, we will restart our Barcelona operations by leasing an Airbus A321 aircraft and crew from our oneworld partner Iberia. The leased aircraft will also operate our Madrid flights as of 2 September 2021.  

Please check travel requirements for travelling via Finland before your journey.

Travelling to Finland eases with relaxed travel guidance. Finnair as an airline no longer requires coronavirus certificates on flights to Finland as of 12 July 2021.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and related travel restrictions, we are revising our traffic plan regularly.

Due to the coronavirus situation, we do not currently accept new bookings to carry a pet in the hold of our wide body aircraft on intercontinental flights. The restriction is valid from 9 June 2021 until further notice.

We are suspending operations on Belarusian airspace for the time being.

We will suspend our flights between Helsinki and Nanjing in China temporarily from 20 November 2020 onwards due to the policy regarding the threshold for coronavirus cases detected following a 2-week quarantine after entry to China.