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Opera & ballet at Helsinki Airport + Giant miniature house at Indianapolis Airport

09/18/24

Helsinki Airport shows ballet & opera snippets The Stuck at the Airport team is a big fan of Helsinki, Finland. And not just for the licorice. We love the airport too. And we’re delighted to learn that passengers traveling through Helsinki Airport (HEL) can now enjoy snippets of opera and ballet from the Opera House →

5 Things We Love About HEL – Helsinki Airport

06/09/22

Beyond, or perhaps we should say despite, its great airport code – HEL- Helsinki Airport, operated by Finavia, offers travelers some charming and thoughtful amenities in its new main terminal. Here are some snaps from a tour on our way home from a week exploring Finland after joining Finnair on the first flight from Seattle →

Airport guides

Greetings from: Helsinki

06/05/22

Snaps from Finnair’s Inaugural Flights from SEA to HEL Finnair is the latest new international carrier to serve Stuck at the Airport’s home base airport in Seattle. We were delighted to hop on the inaugural flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL). And, yes, we love that we can tell people we →

City Guide

Put your name on Helsinki Airport. Plus more airport & airline news.

12/02/21

Want an airport named after you? It’s easy. In Finland Dulles International Airport. John F. Kennedy International Airport. Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. It’s a big deal to have an airport named for you. In Finland, though, anyone can have Helsinkin Airport named for them. At least for a few moments. Finavia Corporation, which manages →

Holidays

Airports and Airlines offer COVID-19 Tests

09/25/20

Organizations representing airports and airlines, including the International Air Transport Association (IATA), are calling for rapid COVID-19 testing for passengers at airports as an alternative to quarantine measures or bans on international travel. “The key to restoring the freedom of mobility across borders is systematic COVID-19 testing of all travelers before departure, said Alexandre de →

Health

Airport Amenity of the Week: Sauna-themed transfer bus

04/28/17

Helsinki Airport has new Finnish-themed transfer buses, wrapped to celebrate saunas, Finnish national composer Jean Sibelius and Formula 1 racing. →

ground transporation

Fashion show on an airport runway? Yes.

03/02/16

Finnair and Helsinki Airport will be hosting a runway-style fashion show on one of the airport's runways in May. Just makes sense! →

Quiet please: sleep pods at Helsinki Airport

03/05/15

Sleep pods have arrived (again) at Helsinki Airport in Finland. Back in 2013, the airport ran a test program that included several free rest and relax options. Travelers favored sleep pods over larger rest areas and that has led to the installation of 19 GoSleep pods at the airport. Each pod consists of an ergonomic →

Sleeping

Match made in HEL: skateboard at Helsinki Airport

09/10/14

Admit it: even if you’re not a skateboarder, you’ve looked down those long airport corridors and thought about how cool it would be to cover those distances on a skateboard. Now Finland’s Helsinki Airport is going to give a select few skateboarders that chance. And more. As part of a promotion highlighting the airport as →

Yoga: now at Chicago’s Midway Int’l Airport

09/08/14

September is National Yoga Month, which makes it great timing for the Chicago Department of Aviation to open the promised yoga room at Midway International Airport. Located on Concourse C, Midway’s new yoga room has a sustainable bamboo wood floor, floor to ceiling mirrors on one wall, exercise mats and an area to store personal →

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