Helsinki is the capital city of Finland and as a result is one of the important airports in the country. There are numerous flights to Helsinki on domestic as well as on international levels. There are other minor airports in Finland too, which receive and depart numerous flights, but Helsinki is the largest international airport in the country. The major airlines, which operate flights to Helsinki, are as follows:
- Finnair
- Finncomm Airlines
- Lufthansa German Airlines
- British Airways
- Blue1
- Pulkovo Aviation Enterpris
- Air Finland
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Czech Airlines
- SAS Scandinavian Airlines
- Air Baltic Corporation
- Air Berlin
- Nordic Solutions Air Servi
- Severstal
- Ukraine International Airl
- SN Brussels Airlines
- Icelandair
- Austrian
- Malev Hungarian Airlines
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines
- Germanwings
There are numerous domestic Helsinki flights. Most of these are cheap flights to Helsinki. The destinations from where there are domestic flights to Helsinki are Kuopio, Oulu, Kemi-Tornio, Vaasa, Jyvaskyla, Lappeenranta, Seinajoki, Pori, Kokkola-Pietarsaari, Rovaniemi, Tampere, Mariehamn, Kajaani, Turku, Joensuu, Ivalo, Savonlinna, Kuusamo and Kittila. Most of these flights are operated by Finnair, Finncomm Airlines, Blue1 and Nordic Solutions Air Services.
There are also several international flights to Helsinki. Some of the international terminals from where there are flights are New York, Hong Kong, Delhi, Guangzhou, Osaka, Bangkok, Beijing, Hamburg, Vilnius, Riga, Stuttgart, Gothenburg, Brussels, Vienna, Dusseldorf, Manchester, Budapest, St Petersburg, Berlin, Milan, Munich, London, Rome, Zurich, Warsaw, Frankfurt, Oslo, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Tallinn. The major airlines, which operate these flights, are Lufthansa German Airlines, Finnair, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Air Baltic Corporation, British Airways, Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise, Air Berlin, Malev Hungarian Airlines and SN Brussels Airlines.
Helsinki is located at latitude of 60º10’32” north and longitude 24º56’3” east. There are innumerable tourist attractions in the capital of Finland. Some of the major places of tourist interest are as follows:
- Soumenlinna, The 18th Century Sea Fortress
- Hame Castle
- Temppeliaukion, the Church of the Rock
- Finlandia Hall
- Senaatintori , The Senate Square
- The Olympic Stadium
- Tuomiokirkko, The Helsinki Cathedral
- Linnanmaki, Amusement park
- Ateneum Art Museum and National Museum
- Korkeasaari , The Helsinki Zoo
