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Deep Freeze Shuts Kittilä Airport, Strands Thousands of Lapland Tourists
Record sub-40 °C temperatures shut down Kittilä Airport on 18–19 January, cancelling flights and trapping thousands of tourists. The freeze exposes vulnerabilities in even Finland’s advanced winter-operations systems and creates major knock-on costs for airlines, tour operators and employers moving staff to northern projects.
Emirates Confirms First-Ever Year-Round Dubai–Helsinki Route for October 2026
Emirates will begin daily Boeing 777 flights between Dubai and Helsinki on 1 October 2026, providing Finland’s first direct link to the Gulf hub. The route enhances trade and talent flows, competes with existing one-stop options, and gives mobility teams 20 months to integrate the service into travel programmes.