Finnair to cancel around 550 flights amid political strike

Finnair is anticipating the cancellation of approximately 550 flights on February 1 and 2 owing to political strike action, which will have a ‘significant impact on Helsinki airport’s operations and on Finnair’s flight operations’. Industrial action by several employee unions against the Finnish government will result in the cancellation of ‘the vast majority’ of flights in the airline’s daily programme, although Finnair does hope to operate ‘a handful of flights during the flights’, Cancellations will be implemented one at a time, starting from the morning of January 30, with customers to be offered alternative routings. Passengers on long-haul flights with