Originally Posted by
cmtlatitudes
Thanks a_k. Sorry, I didn't see that thread and that I'd posted in the wrong place. (Moderators, please feel free to move my post.)
I did a search in the thread for TOS/Tromso and came up with one hit. Someone else asking about the tight connection time and checked bags at TOS. Just received the standard reply of "if everything goes ok". I guess more people would be posting if the connection was repeatedly problematic.
The tight connections make me wary now that I'm not mobile enough to be sprinting between gates and need to use wheelchair assistance in all but the smallest airports. It does help though that I can deplane and go straight to the next gate. Thank-you.
Since Finnair runs a relatively small operation, they are quite good at monitoring passenger connections and often make sure to hold departing flights if they deem a flight with connecting passengers to be arriving within an operationally acceptable time window.
As such, I would say the risk of missing your connection is low.
If you were to miss the connecting flight, it would likely be because the arriving flight is delayed beyond a certain point, where the airline decides that all passengers on that flight are offloaded from the connecting flight, not because you personally are late to get to the gate. (Within reason, of course)