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1. FinEstBayArea Project
Airport Research
Janne Ala-Ketola, Nhi Nguyen, Inka Rastas,
Mikael Secomandi, Rebekka Reeves, Joonas
Jäntti, Tram Nguyen, Joa Mähönen, Kai Hofer,
Matias Tuomi, Minna Tuittu

2. CONTENT
I. Introduction
II. Discussion
o Geographic placement of airports
o Helsinki - Tallinn - Dubai - Istanbul
o Statistics of the airports
o Helsinki-Vantaa renovations, new routes & awards
o Tallinn renovations
o Industry in the future - IATA
III. Conclusion
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3. 1. Geographic placement of the airports
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▪ Connecting the world
▪ Routes between continents
▪ Over 2000 flights per day in Istanbul and Dubai
▪ Istanbul and Dubai are gateways to Europe
▪ Tallinn and Helsinki in the future?

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6. Route map from Helsinki to all over the world
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7. Istanbul - Dubai - Helsinki - Tallinn airport
▪ Istanbul - Dubai quite comparable
▪ Helsinki-Vantaa and Tallinn still relatively small
▪ Helsinki aiming for zero emissions, Tallinn also focusing on sustainability
▪ Major hubs which connect the whole world (almost)
▪ Have more than 50 million international passengers annually
▪ Great growth potential
▪ IST could take over Dubai in approx. 5-10 years when fully operational
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8. Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
The main points for Helsinki airport:
• The growth of Finnair (investments and other factors)
• Other airlines operating in Finland
• Growth in infrastructure (Suomi rata, Terminal 2 construction)
• Cultural factors
Future outlook
• Continuous growth expected
• Major hub between the East and the West. (seen in the route map and the
passenger numbers)

9. Dubai-Istanbul-Helsinki-Tallinn
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10. 3. Dubai and Istanbul airport 2008-2018

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Helsinki-Vantaa and Tallinn airport 2008-2018

12. 4. Helsinki-Vantaa renovations & new routes
▪ In 2016 first part of expansion plan was opened with
3000 square metres and 12 departure gates for non-
schengen flights
▪ Expansion of 3500 square metres and 7 departure
gates were opened to terminal 1 in 2019
▪ 2020-2022 will open a new entrance and terminal 2
will expand to the old parking and public transport area
▪ Finavia is preparing to serve 30 million passengers per
year by 2030
▪ Finnair adds Busan, Korea as a new destination in
summer of 2020.
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13. 5. Tallinn renovations
● Additional airside room for new flights 2019-2020
● By 2030, two new upgrades to the airport have been
planned
● In 2035 the goal is to serve up to 8 million passengers
per year, Currently 3,01 million
● Comfort over exponential growth

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Dubai Airport 2019
The 2019 SKYTRAX World
Airport Awards (Regional)
The second best Airports in the Middle East 2019
The 2019 SKYTRAX World
Airport Awards (Top 100)
The 24th best Airport in the World
Sleeping in Airports The best Airports – Middle East
Istanbul Airport 2019
Sleeping in Airports The 15th best Airport in Europe

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Helsinki-Vantaa Airport 2019
The 2019 SKYTRAX World
Airport Awards (Regional)
The second best Airport in Northern Europe
The 8th best Airport in Europe
The 2019 SKYTRAX World
Airport Awards (Top 100)
The 20th best Airport in the World
Sleeping in Airports
The best Airport in Europe
The 3rd best Airport of 2019
Tallinn Airport 2019
The 2019 SKYTRAX World
Airport Awards (Regional)
The second best Airports in Eastern Europe 2019
Sleeping in Airports The 6th best Airport of 2019

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5. Future of aviation business
“Despite ongoing challenges the airlines face operationally, the future of aviation will see the industry
continue to adapt and find innovative solutions in the areas of technology, environment and safety.” (nts,2019)
▰ Sustainability
▰ Innovations replacing short haul flights
▰ Regulations to decrease flying
▰ Unpredictable factors

17. Future of Helsinki-Vantaa and Tallinn airport?
● Serving as a link between Northern Europe and Asia
● Demand is continuously rising for air traffic
● Expansions & new businesses indicating major growth
● Enrichment of economies
● New innovations replacing and at the same time
attracting more flight traffic
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