US EditionThousands of tourists stranded in northern Finland as deep freeze halts flights
Finnair canceled 23 flights at Kittilä Airport due to temperatures near -40°C causing frozen ground equipment and halted aircraft de-icing, stranding thousands of tourists.
- On Sunday, thousands of foreign tourists were stranded in northern Finland after flights at Kittilä Airport, Finnish Lapland, were canceled due to severe cold.
- Temperatures plunged to minus 37 degrees Celsius on Sunday morning at Kittilä Airport, Finnish Lapland, hindering de-icing and operations as the Finnish Meteorological Institute predicts almost minus 40 C on Monday.
- Finavia said moisture at near-40C creates frazil ice and operational hazards, explaining connectors on ground-handling and maintenance equipment freeze easily, limiting apron operations through Monday at Rovaniemi Airport.
- Canceling operations, Finnair grounded 15 international and 8 domestic services on Sunday, canceled all flights to and from Kittilä, and grounded one Helsinki–Rovaniemi round trip.
- Across Europe, heavy snowfall, high winds and icy roads have disrupted travel, including Deutsche Bahn shutting northern services and Baltic countries urging drivers to postpone nonessential travel.
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Flights had to be canceled because low temperatures make it difficult to de-ice planes, and maintenance and refueling equipment on the ground can freeze.
Thousands of tourists are stranded in northern Finland after flights from Kittila Airport were cancelled due to extremely low temperatures.
Thousands of tourists are stranded at Kittilä Airport in northern Finland, Lapland, due to extreme weather.
Thousands of tourists are stranded in Lapland in northern Finland after all flights were cancelled at Kittila airport on Sunday as temperatures failed to rise above -35 degrees Celsius. Flights to London, Bristol, Manchester, Paris and Amsterdam were also cancelled. The same is likely to happen today, with forecasters predicting temperatures as low as -39 degrees Celsius.
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