Airport operator Finavia released its annual winter route list on 29 October 2025, detailing every scheduled destination served from Finland’s 20 airports between 26 October 2025 and 28 March 2026. The publicly available spreadsheet shows that Helsinki-Vantaa will see 145 direct routes this winter, including new services to Agadir, Tromsø and Dallas. Regional hubs—Tampere, Turku, Oulu and Rovaniemi—collectively offer more than 40 international destinations, reflecting airlines’ continued interest in decentralised Nordic traffic.
The announcement is keenly watched by corporate travel planners because it locks in the slots that airlines have committed to operate. Notably, Norwegian will base a second Boeing 737 MAX at Helsinki, boosting leisure links to Morocco, Spain and the UK, while Ryanair increases capacity on Tampere-London flights by 15 %. Finnair remains dominant, but its market share at Helsinki has slipped below 50 % for the first winter season since 2019 as low-cost carriers expand.
From a global-mobility perspective, the expanded map improves point-to-point options for expatriate employees stationed outside the capital area. For example, the restored Turku-Frankfurt route allows life-science firms in south-west Finland to connect to global markets without back-tracking via Helsinki. Meanwhile, the introduction of Dallas by Finnair opens one-stop connectivity to several US Sun Belt cities, potentially shortening relocation trips.
Finavia’s route list also confirms that non-Schengen gate capacity at Helsinki-Vantaa is fully commissioned following the €1 billion terminal project completed in 2023. This should ease peak-hour congestion that plagued travellers last winter and improve minimum connection times for long-haul itineraries. The operator advised passengers to check airline websites regularly, acknowledging that fuel-price volatility could still prompt late schedule tweaks.
Businesses are encouraged to update their travel-approval systems with the new destination codes and consider renegotiating corporate fares where competition has increased—particularly on Spanish, UK and German routes now served by three or more carriers.
The announcement is keenly watched by corporate travel planners because it locks in the slots that airlines have committed to operate. Notably, Norwegian will base a second Boeing 737 MAX at Helsinki, boosting leisure links to Morocco, Spain and the UK, while Ryanair increases capacity on Tampere-London flights by 15 %. Finnair remains dominant, but its market share at Helsinki has slipped below 50 % for the first winter season since 2019 as low-cost carriers expand.
From a global-mobility perspective, the expanded map improves point-to-point options for expatriate employees stationed outside the capital area. For example, the restored Turku-Frankfurt route allows life-science firms in south-west Finland to connect to global markets without back-tracking via Helsinki. Meanwhile, the introduction of Dallas by Finnair opens one-stop connectivity to several US Sun Belt cities, potentially shortening relocation trips.
Finavia’s route list also confirms that non-Schengen gate capacity at Helsinki-Vantaa is fully commissioned following the €1 billion terminal project completed in 2023. This should ease peak-hour congestion that plagued travellers last winter and improve minimum connection times for long-haul itineraries. The operator advised passengers to check airline websites regularly, acknowledging that fuel-price volatility could still prompt late schedule tweaks.
Businesses are encouraged to update their travel-approval systems with the new destination codes and consider renegotiating corporate fares where competition has increased—particularly on Spanish, UK and German routes now served by three or more carriers.
