Heavy snowfall likely to delay flights at Helsinki Airport until Sunday

Heavy snowfall is likely to delay flight operations at Helsinki Airport from Thursday to Sunday, said Finavia, the company operates country’s airports on Wednesday, quoting weather forecast.

According to weather forecast, extremely heavy snowfall and strong winds during the stipulated period may compel the air navigation company Finntraffic and its air traffic control to restrict the number of arrivals and departures for safety reasons.

At Helsinki Airport, there can also be changes in the use of runways.

Finavia, however, assured to do its best to keep the runways open and operations running smoothly.

The ground handling companies and airlines at Helsinki Airport will do their best to assure that aircraft de-icing and baggage handling processes run as well as possible, said Finavia in a press release.

The authority asked the passengers to prepare at least for some delays and to follow notifications of their own airlines.