Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Information
Helsinki Airport (IATA: HEL) in Vantaa, Finland , is the main international airport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland . It is located about 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the centre of Vantaa , Tikkurila , and 9.2 NM (17.0 km; 10.6 mi) north of Helsinki city centre .Originally built for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki .
Several hotels are located near the airport as well . Construction of a train link , Ring Rail Line , to the centre of Helsinki began in the spring of 2009 .
Here are some of the major Airlines that service Helsinki Airport :
- Aer Lingus
- Aeroflot
- Air Aland
- airBaltic
- Air Berlin
- Air Finland
- Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways
- Blue1
- British Airways
- British Airways operated by Sun Air of Scandinavia
- City Airline
- Czech Airlines
- EasyJet
- Finnair
- Finnair operated by Finncomm Airlines
- Finncomm Airlines
- Icelandair
- KLM
- KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Malév Hungarian Airlines
- Meridiana
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Rossiya
- Scandinavian Airlines
- Severstal Air Company
- TAP Portugal
- Ukraine International Airlines
- Turkish Airlines
- Wingo xprs
This information was source by Wikipedia at : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_Airport