The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency is suspending all flights arriving from and departing to destinations outside Finland’s borders in Finnish airspace in the entirety of Finland’s flight information region (HELSINKI FIR) with effect from 21:00 UTC on 13 April 2020 to 20:59 UTC on 27 April 2020, with the exceptions specified below.
- The following flights are permitted at Helsinki, Turku and Mariehamn Airports: Cargo flights, return flights of Finnish citizens and persons residing in Finland or in another EU Member State, necessary business transportation and other necessary transportation.
- Only cargo flights and necessary transportation for which the Finnish Border Guard has issued a border crossing permit are permitted at Enontekiö, Ivalo, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Kemi-Tornio, Kittilä, Kokkola-Pietarsaari, Kuopio, Kuusamo, Lappeenranta, Mikkeli, Oulu, Pori, Rovaniemi, Savonlinna, Seinäjoki, Tampere-Pirkkala and Vaasa Airports.
Necessary transportation is considered to include state aviation, search and rescue services, fire prevention, medical service flights and other comparable flights carried out for particular reasons. The definition of necessary transportation also includes flights carried out in the context of the operations of the Finnish Defence Forces or other state administrative bodies, or at their instruction.
Other arriving and departing flights shall be subject to the issue of a border crossing permit by the Finnish Border Guard.
The Decision shall not apply to overflights in Finnish airspace or technical stopovers.