Finnair will have to cancel more than 500 flights due to political strike in Finland

Several employee unions in Finland have announced a political strike against the Finnish government, which will take place from 1 to 2 February 2024. The political strike will have a significant impact on Helsinki Airport and Finnair's flight operations. Approximately 550 flights will be cancelled between 1 and 2 February.</p> Finnair has approximately 280 flights per day in its normal traffic schedule, so the vast majority of flights will be cancelled. The airline will implement the cancellations starting today, January 30, offering alternative routes to customers. engers on long-haul flights with connections in Helsinki on February 1-2 will be rerouted directly to their destinations. “ We have already given customers the opportunity to change their travel dates on Finnair flights. From January 8220, we will start rerouting customers, also using flights of other airlines,” said Jari Paajanen, Vice President Operations Control Center at Finnair. Due to the large number of cancelled flights and customers, it will take approximately two days to process the cancellations and reroute customers. “We will do our best to offer a suitable flight option to as many customers as possible, but the number of alternative flights is limited,” Paajanen says. “We kindly ask customers to wait for us to reroute them as our customer service team is busier than usual and queue times may be long.” On January 30, several trade unions in Finland announced a strike that will also affect air transport from February 8220 to 8221, 8220.</p></p>