Experiences of AY flights during COVID-19
Apr 4, 2020, 9:35 am
#31
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Stratosphere
Programs: AY Lumo, AF Platinum
Posts: 254
napapiiri - how was your HEL overnight transfer experience given current Uusimaa region lock down? I assume you are OUL based but correct me if I'm wrong.
Apr 4, 2020, 9:36 am
#32
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Stratosphere
Programs: AY Lumo, AF Platinum
Posts: 254
Apr 5, 2020, 10:09 am
#33
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
Programs: AY LUMO
Posts: 6,055
Apr 13, 2020, 11:01 am
#35
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 18
I am transferring here and at T5 currently. No lounges, shops or restaurants available at all. Only Boots is open. Some passengers even in full hazmat suits with hoods. I will report about the T3 situation on my return next week. Let’s hope the flights are still running then so I can get back home.
Apr 20, 2020, 5:52 am
#36
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Helsinki
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 143
When flying out of HEL, are you quizzed on the reasons why? I've asked Finnair if the reason i want to fly to UK for few days is sufficient (personal/family) and they said yes, and i've seen you can submit travel plans to matkustusilmoitus.fi
I just don't want to travel and organise somewhere to quarantine in the UK if i'm going to be stopped/not allowed to proceed by passport control at HEL. And that's before i even attempt entry into the UK for a few days!
I just don't want to travel and organise somewhere to quarantine in the UK if i'm going to be stopped/not allowed to proceed by passport control at HEL. And that's before i even attempt entry into the UK for a few days!
Apr 20, 2020, 5:58 am
#37
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,748
This is what the Finnish Foreign Ministry tells us:
Voiko UM kieltää minua matkustamasta tai määrätä minut keskeyttämään lomani?
Liikkumisvapaus on suomalaisten perustuslaillinen oikeus. Ulkoministeriön toimivaltaan ei kuulu rajoittaa suomalaisten liikkumisvapautta, eikä ketään voida sitovasti kieltää matkustamasta ulkomaille tai määrätä palaamaan Suomeen. Matka- tai paluupäätöksen tekee aina matkailija itse.
Suomalaista ei voi estää poistumasta Suomesta, mutta on hyvä huomata, että myös useat muut maat ovat rajoittaneet maahan saapuvaa matkustajaliikennettä ja useissa maissa on asetettu merkittäviä rajoituksia myös liikkumiseen maan sisällä. Maahan saapuva matkailija voidaan asettaa myös karanteeniin.
You could of course show the border guard a screenshot of this wepbage. https://um.fi/ajankohtaista/-/asset_...ronaviruksesta
Voiko UM kieltää minua matkustamasta tai määrätä minut keskeyttämään lomani?
Liikkumisvapaus on suomalaisten perustuslaillinen oikeus. Ulkoministeriön toimivaltaan ei kuulu rajoittaa suomalaisten liikkumisvapautta, eikä ketään voida sitovasti kieltää matkustamasta ulkomaille tai määrätä palaamaan Suomeen. Matka- tai paluupäätöksen tekee aina matkailija itse.
Suomalaista ei voi estää poistumasta Suomesta, mutta on hyvä huomata, että myös useat muut maat ovat rajoittaneet maahan saapuvaa matkustajaliikennettä ja useissa maissa on asetettu merkittäviä rajoituksia myös liikkumiseen maan sisällä. Maahan saapuva matkailija voidaan asettaa myös karanteeniin.
You could of course show the border guard a screenshot of this wepbage. https://um.fi/ajankohtaista/-/asset_...ronaviruksesta
Apr 26, 2020, 5:36 pm
#39
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 2,685
I'm arriving in HEL on Thursday for the first time in over a month. I know I am recommended to arrange "quarantine like conditions" after arriving, but are there still government-paid taxis to take me "home" (parents' empty apartment)? I guess I am not supposed to be using public transport (which I guess now consists of a walk to Aviapolis and then the train?)
Apr 26, 2020, 9:52 pm
#40
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
Programs: AY LUMO
Posts: 6,055
Free taxi ride:
https://www.finavia.fi/en/newsroom/2...d-using-public
Travellers returning home from abroad may also be eligible for transportation by chartered taxi. More information about the taxis is available at the info desk at Arrivals Hall 2B. For more detailed instructions, ask a member of Finavia staff.Taxis take returning travellers straight home. The taxis are free of charge for returning travellers but only if the taxi ride is organized via airport's info desk (at Arrivals Hall 2B).
Apr 26, 2020, 10:22 pm
#41
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Stratosphere
Programs: AY Lumo, AF Platinum
Posts: 254
I'm arriving in HEL on Thursday for the first time in over a month. I know I am recommended to arrange "quarantine like conditions" after arriving, but are there still government-paid taxis to take me "home" (parents' empty apartment)? I guess I am not supposed to be using public transport (which I guess now consists of a walk to Aviapolis and then the train?)
Apr 26, 2020, 11:19 pm
#42
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat Lumo
Posts: 1,519
What the hell??? Why do I bother paying tax in this country...
Apr 27, 2020, 12:05 am
#44
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,957
I can see the free taxi for those who were abroad BEFORE this crap started but they should pay their own if they left after the the hit the fan IMHO 
in otherwords if they did not prepare or did not care
not pointing at anyone in particular just an opinion on an enourmeous govt spend wastage!
in otherwords if they did not prepare or did not care
not pointing at anyone in particular just an opinion on an enourmeous govt spend wastage!
Apr 27, 2020, 12:23 am
#45
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445
No worries! Just keep calm and carry on being a merry person to be ripped off... Business as usual here. Just think about the 0,000001 lives possibly saved by the cab ride!
I've been cursing why I haven't started e.g. Flying Bookings Ltd, specialising in nerdy IATA bookings. Should've applied for some 100 000 € of "development" aid from Business Finland.
Of course it would mean e.g. flying to DEL for crucial market research. And no worries, of course the staff number would be sufficient by recruiting a bunch of FT'ers as Market Consultants. Anyone with AY+ Lumo would of course be Senior Market Consultant. 
I've been cursing why I haven't started e.g. Flying Bookings Ltd, specialising in nerdy IATA bookings. Should've applied for some 100 000 € of "development" aid from Business Finland.
Of course it would mean e.g. flying to DEL for crucial market research. And no worries, of course the staff number would be sufficient by recruiting a bunch of FT'ers as Market Consultants. Anyone with AY+ Lumo would of course be Senior Market Consultant.