Finland will soon see 19 new international air routes open up this winter, bringing the total number of available direct-flight destinations around the world to 130, according to national airport operator Finavia.
The firm said that the first eight new routes, which will be new to Finland, will start operating in the coming weeks and the remaining 11 routes will open later.
A total of five routes out of airports in Helsinki, Turku and Rovaniemi will open this coming Sunday and Monday.
Ireland-based budget airline Ryanair is starting up three new routes out of Rovaniemi to Dublin, London Stansted and Brussels Charleroi.
Meanwhile, UK-based discount carrier Easyjet plans to launch routes to Rovaniemi from Bristol, England. Meanwhile, KLM is opening a route from Amsterdam to Rovaniemi.
Northern Finland's Kittilä Airport will see new Air France flights to Paris and a Eurowings route to Düsseldorf. Additionally, Finnair plans to open a route from Kittilä to Tokyo's Haneda Airport, Finavia said.
Routes return, more frequent flights
Previously suspended routes that are returning will fly from Rovaniemi to Manchester, London Gatwick, Paris, Istanbul and Düsseldorf. Kittilä Airport will resume routes to Riga and Munich. Meanwhile, Lapland's Ivalo and Kuusamo airports will see the return of flights from Frankfurt.
Additionally, Scandinavian Airlines, more commonly known as SAS, plans to resume its route from Stockholm to Turku, in Southwest Finland.
The frequency of flights will also increase, according to Finavia.
For example, Air Baltic will make daily flights between Tampere and Amsterdam, rather than twice a week.
Budget airline Norwegian plans to increase the frequency of flights from Helsinki to Kittilä during the Christmas season and winter ski holiday period, according to Finavia.
