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The majority state-owned airline will assume responsibility for servicing routes between Helsinki and Joensuu, Helsinki and Jyväskylä, and Helsinki and Kajaani, as well as the triangle route between Helsinki, Kemi and Kokkola.
Air traffic to Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Kokkola-Pietarsaari and Kemi-Tornio airports will continue at the end of October, operated by Finnair.
The process relates to links between the capital and the regional airports of Kajaani, Kemi-Tornio, Kokkola-Pietarsaari, Joensuu and Jyväskylä.
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Traficom imposes public service obligation on five regional airports The move is aimed at safeguarding regional air connections during the current crisis in the air travel industry. The Kemi-Tornio airport is one of the regional hubs that should be helped by Traficom's decision. Image: Laura Valta / Yle The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom has decided to impose a public service obligation on five domestic routes between the capital, Helsinki and regional hubs. Under EU rules a public service obligation can be imposed on routes which are vital for the economic development ...