Helsinki-Vantaa: Terminal 2

Operated By:

Finavia

Website:

www.helsinki-vantaa.fi

Terminals:

3 - 1, 2, 3

This Review:

Terminal 2

Rating:

4 1/2 star - Excellent service, very difficult to fault
  HEL
HELSINKI
TT0107 /221750

 
Review created: 26/07/2005;
Last updated 30/07/2006

General:

Main airport for the city, located about 20 miles from the city centre
   

Appearance:

A very modern and sleek looking airport, with lots of natural light and light wood finishes

Inbound

Domestic
Not Used

International
Despite landing on the furthest gate, its only a short walk through the terminal building to Immigration and then down into the baggage reclaim hall. A short walk takes you through the Customs hall and out into the main body of the airport

Several desks open when I arrived and passed through very quickly

A large and quite bright baggage hall

Quite a large customs hall, which is at the end of the baggage reclaim hall, so quite a walk. The area was totally unstaffed when I went through

The airport has several bus links into town, both on the general city buses, as well as the express Finnair bus

Outbound

Domestic
Not Used

International
A large and airy check-in area flows into the security check area and then straight into the departures lounge. As Finland is a Schengen country there are separate passport control points just before the non-Schengen gates

Several bars on both landside and airside

Café/bars on both Landside and Airside

A couple of restaurants on both sides

Lots of shops all over the terminals

The toilets are very clean and well maintained.