Helsinki Airport is one of my favorite airports in Europe. While the airport isn't as big as Heathrow or Charles de Gaulle, it's brilliantly designed, and is a pleasure to connect in. It has the lowest minimum connection time of any hub in Europe, with connections of as little as 20 minutes allowed. The airport…
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Wow! It's unbelievable how much the Chinese market has had an influence on the airline industry these past few years. Agree with the policies of their government or not it's astounding how much China has grown and lifted so much people out of poverty. This is probably catering to the growing middle class while the Crystal air cruise post earlier was going for the high rollers. It's not longer a matter of if but when the Chinese will dominate the global markets which more and more companies catering to their growing economy. Maybe the USA should take a page or two from their playbook if they really wanted to "make America great again".
The Chinese Influencer is staying Land side or Air side, or he can go between the 2 areas at will with a special pass?
If it is purely Air Side, where is he staying at?
If it is purely Land Side, not sure if it will be meaningful enough.
Travellink is a Scandinavian travel booking site, that’s primary serves Scandinavian customers. So not a globally representative.
The vast majority of ethnic Chinese people cannot live without white rice for more than a couple of days. Helsinki airport is very nice but I don't know where he would find this. Closest thing is a pan-Asian sushi/noodle joint.
@Foodie hah White rice is great. But we also love western food. Maybe he would even enjoy discovering western choices there.
Fully agree, HEL is a great airport to connect.
As long as it is not snowing....
HEL is my favorite airport in the world. I used to fly through it every year on my way to Russia. Sadly, now that I'm *G I've had to abandon it because the connections are really bad for *Alliance coming from Canada. The greatest part of HEL to me has always been the Moomin store, it's seriously awesome.
I was in HEL for many years on a monthly basis. It was not super modern like now but had flavor and depth just the Helsinki city. Now all I hear are noisy Chinese. Helsinki lost its magic.
I find the Chinese and Indian tourists the worst and many places I used to visit regularly, I stay away from and find places not yet invaded.
Interesting. The two times that I transited HEL both the concourses and lounge were uncomfortably crowded. And the bathrooms were disgusting.
@ blink:
Same with me. If you are connecting to Asia in the rush hour the airport is far to crowded. Finnair and independent lounges are just bursting.
A CT of 25 minutes during rush hour is a funny experience. Finnair representative was picking me up on my European short haul flight and running with me to my Asia long haul. While running she was screaming at people because the hallway was so crowded that otherwise running would have been no option....