There was a fair bit of brisk walking involved as we had only 50 minutes to make our connection to Tallinn. Luckily there wasn’t a queue entering Schengen Area and we made it to Gate 19A with plenty of time to spare.

AY1011 would be served by a Norra ATR72-500 for the short 63-mile hop from Helsinki and Tallinn. Norra is a fully-owned subsidiary of Finnair and operates short-haul flights on behalf of Finnair using its fleet of ATR72s and Embraer 190s.



Coordinates of Helsinki and interesting quote found on the headrest: -



Safety card



Taxi-ing



Taking off


Most of the 72 seats were filled.



Nice day in Helsinki



Malmi Airport, Helsinki’s main airport from 1936 to 1952. Currently it is used mainly for training flights and there are plans to convert it into a new residential area.



Less than 15 minutes after taking off, the pilot announced that we were beginning our descent into Tallinn.



Tallinn Old Town was visible in a distance.



I also spotted A. Le Coq Arena, the home ground for both FC Flora and Estonian national football team.



Our checked bag also made the short connection in Helsinki and was reunited with us in TLL.

Tallinn Airport is located around 6km from the Old Town and the transport options are listed out clearly at the baggage belts.



We bought a Tele2 SIM card (€4.50) and two Smartcards for travelling on Tallinn’s public transportation (refundable deposit of €2) at the airport’s R-Kiosk. Each ride cost €2 if bought on the bus, €1.10 if using the smart card. We loaded a one-day ticket (valid for 24 hours) for €3 into our smart card before taking Tram 4 towards the city centre.