Shortest route 
Europe-Asia via Helsinki

Helsinki Airport  is the leading long haul Airport in Northern Europe and the transfer point to the 20 airports in Finland. HEL Airport locates on the shortest route between Europe - Asia providing the most destinations to Asia from Northern Europe. Helsnki Airport has 10 direct destinatons in Asia and 11th destination Chongqing will be opened in May 2012.  

Furthermore, Helsinki provides excellent connections to Russia and the Baltics. There are various daily flights and five destinations in Russia.

HEL handles over 11 million international and 3 million domestic passengers annually and is open and serving customers 24/7. Helsinki Airport opened the new terminal extension for passengers in December 2009 with fabulous Airport Spa & Saunas. 

Competitively priced

Helsinki Airport has two terminals (T1 and T2) under one roof providing 35 MCT and easy to transfer facilities. HEL is known for the high quality and reliability of its modern services. We have been ranked at the top of the league in Europe in passenger surveys (ASQ) for 10 years running.

HEL is competitively priced among European capital Airports. HEL Airport has various third party handling service providers to tender for services. All airlines are welcomed to use airport CUSS (self service check-in kiosks) free of charge.

Catchment and Passengers

The majority of Finland's 5.3 million population is concentrated into the southern Finland, so the HEL catchment area consists of 3.5 million inhabitants.
HEL market provides both strong business and leisure demand. Passenger distribution: 38,4 % business, 47,1 % leisure, 14,5 % VFR
(Flight passenger survey 2010, Statistics Finland).