Finnair flights cancelled at least on Tuesday due to volcanic ash


Due to dust discharged into the air by the eruption of a volcano in Iceland,
Helsinki Airport airspace restrictions continue today at 8 p.m. EET until
further notice. Finnair has to cancel all of its flights on Tuesday and most
likely also all flights on Wednesday. 

During a hole in the ash cloud Finnair was able to operate a flight from New
York to Helsinki and back to New York. The flight landed in Helsinki at 4.41
p.m. EET. The flight to New York departed from Helsinki at 7.55 p.m. EET. 

Finnair is actively monitoring the situation and cooperates continually with
the officials. 

Passengers whose flights are cancelled may transfer their journey to a later
date by contacting Finnair or the travel agency that sold their ticket.
Passengers can also apply for a refund for Finnair flight tickets that remain
unused due to cancellations. Refund can be applied also for Finnair flights on
April 25th at the latest that are not cancelled. If their flight is cancelled,
passengers are advised not to come to the airport. 

Information is being updated continually at the address www.finnair.com/info.

Finnair Plc
Communications
19.4.2010