Finnair will reintroduce Tampere and Turku to its flight network in October 2026, providing one of the shortest domestic flights in Continental Europe. Helsinki-Tampere is a mere 180 km while the distance between Turku and the Finnish capital is even shorter at 168 km.
The new flights will seamlessly connect Tampere and Turku to Finnair’s extensive international network via its Helsinki hub. Finnair flies from Helsinki to approximately 90 destinations in Europe, 11 destinations in Asia, 7 destinations in North America and one destination in Australia.
“Tampere and Turku are rapidly growing cities, and we have conducted a continuous dialogue with the regions about the possibilities of providing smoother connections to the world. The flights, which will start in October, will smoothly connect Tampere and Turku to Finnair’s extensive network,” says Finnair’s President and CEO Turkka Kuusisto.
“The morning flight brings customers to flights to European destinations, and the evening flight takes customers home for the evening. Midday flights, on the other hand, bring customers from Tampere and Turku smoothly to our afternoon bank.”
Starting in October, Finnair will fly one daily overnight flight to both Tampere and Turku, connecting customers with Finnair’s European flights departing in the morning and with flights returning to Helsinki in the evening. In addition to overnight flights, Finnair brings customers from Turku and Tampere to Helsinki in the afternoon, so that a flight from Oulu to Helsinki stops in Tampere and a flight from Stockholm to Helsinki stops in Turku and then continues to Helsinki. The flights will be operated with ATR aircraft with 68–70 seats.
Finnair replaced flights to Tampere and Turku with bus connections in 2022–2023. When flights are resumed in October 2026, the bus service will continue during the day, but the late-night service will be removed and replaced by an overnight flight.
The new flights are on sale at https://www.finnair.com/fi-fi and through travel agencies.
The flight schedules are:
Tampere:
AY 269 HEL-TMP daily 23:50-0:20 (+1)
AY270 TMP-HEL daily 06:00-06:35
AY644 TMP-HEL daily 12:20-12:50
Turku:
AY229 HEL-TKU daily 23:50-0:20 (+1)
AY 230 TKU-HEL daily 06:00-06:35
AY 654 TKU-HEL daily 11:55-12:30
