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Super winter starts in Lapland: Almost 1,000 planes rushing to the north in December!

By

 André Orban

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2 December 2016

The fantastic route season at Finavia’s airports in Lapland began when the first international scheduled routes of the winter from Europe to Kittilä and Rovaniemi opened on 2 December.

From the point of Finavia and tourism in Lapland, this will be a real super winter, kicked off by the first flight by Norwegian from London to Rovaniemi. It was immediately followed by Monarch flights from Manchester and London to Kittilä.

In addition, there will be new routes operated by Germania and Lufthansa, which has substantially increased its flights to Lapland, encouraged by the good experiences of last winter.

This winter, there will be a record number of flights. In December alone, there will be 48 direct scheduled flights from the UK, Germany and Switzerland. A total of 503 charter flights have been entered in the charter lists for December, most of them coming to Lapland from the UK. Some 401 domestic flights are expected to arrive in Lapland in December.

“In all, almost a thousand flights will land in Lapland in December. That is a big number. The planes will be full of enthusiastic travellers prepared to enjoy the magnificent tourism opportunities of the north. Our close cooperation with the tourism industry is now bearing fruit”, says Director Joni Sundelin from Finavia.

International scheduled and charter flights are extremely important for the airports in Lapland, which is why Finavia is determined to increase the volume of air travel in Lapland. International traffic also improves the operating conditions for domestic traffic by increasing the passenger volumes at airports.