The Hungarian airline BASe Airlines will operate scheduled flights between Helsinki Airport and Savonlinna Airport from 13 November 2023, Traficom announces in its press release. The flights will continue until the end of 2025.
The current contract with the Estonian airline NyxAir expires on 5 October 2023.
In August 2023, Traficom announced that BASe Airlines had won the public tender for the provision of scheduled flights between Helsinki and Savonlinna. Seven return flights per week during the winter season and six return flights per week during the summer season were put out to tender. There will be a break in flights for about three weeks in August in 2024 and 2025.
The City of Savonlinna and the Finnish state are responsible for the procurement costs.
The flights can be booked from Norppa Aero's website.
Sources: Press release by Traficom on 3 October 2023, Press release by Traficom on 18 August 2023.