Editing Helsinki Airport (section)

=== Significant growth and expansion (2010–present) ===
During the 2010s, Helsinki Airport experienced large increases in the number of annual passengers. In 2010, the airport handled 12,883,399 passengers, an increase of 2.2 percent compared to 2009. Air freight increased by 29.4 percent.

In April 2010, [[Norwegian Air Shuttle]] opened its first routes to [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen|Oslo]] and [[Stockholm Arlanda Airport|Stockholm]] using [[Boeing 737]] jets. Now the airline is one of the largest operators at the airport with almost 40 destinations in Europe, Asia, and Africa. In 2011, Helsinki Airport saw its biggest growth in a single year in the number of passengers. The number of annual passengers was increased by 2 million passengers and the airport reached the milestone of 14 million passengers. However, [[easyJet]] canceled three routes, from Helsinki to Manchester, London–Gatwick, and Paris–Charles de Gaulle, citing weak demand at Helsinki.<ref name="anna.aero_20110323" />

In November 2011, [[Austrian Airlines]] canceled its Vienna–Helsinki operations. In the same year, [[Czech Airlines]] ceased its Helsinki operations due to low demand.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} A year after, [[LOT Polish Airlines]] canceled its service to Helsinki. In 2014, a number of airlines such as [[Aer Lingus]], [[Germanwings]], and [[S7 Airlines]] canceled services to Helsinki.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

In the 2010s, the airport saw a huge growth of long-haul flights in terms of weekly flights (see [[#Long-haul traffic|Long-haul traffic]] below).

In the beginning of 2015, the renovation and construction work related to the development of Helsinki Airport started. For example, the Baggage Claim Hall 2B and Arrival Hall 2A were renovated and in July 2015, train operation on the [[Ring Rail Line]] and connection to Helsinki Central Railway Station were opened. In March 2015, [[Swiss International Air Lines]] started operations to Helsinki but canceled it a year later. In late 2015, [[Blue1]] ceased all operations from Helsinki which was the airline's only base. The airline flew to 28 destinations in Europe. [[Scandinavian Airlines]] sold Blue1 to [[CityJet]], which continues to operate the company on behalf of SAS as part of a larger relationship.<ref name="businesswire_20151001" /> In 2015, the airport handled up to 16 million passengers for the first time. In March 2016, Czech Airlines resumed flights from Prague to Helsinki using [[Airbus A319]] aircraft. On 10 October 2016, the first Gulf carrier [[Qatar Airways]] began operations at the airport and now operates to Helsinki by [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]]. The carrier was initially planning to launch the service as early as 2012. Finavia expects that the airport will handle over 18.5 million passengers in 2017 and around 20 million in 2018, or in 2019 at the latest.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} Also in 2017, the airport experienced huge growth in numbers of passengers flying intercontinental.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

As of 2013, [[Finavia]] has been expanding the airport (see [[#Future expansion and plans|Future expansion]] below).

Life in HEL (#lifeinhel) was a Finavia marketing campaign which took place from 10 October to 9 November 2017 at Helsinki Airport. The campaign mixed TV, game shows, and social media. Ryan Zhu, a Chinese actor and TV personality, lived in a little cabin inside Helsinki Airport for 30 days. Helsinki Airport was awarded the title of best airport in the world by Travellink; by the campaign, Finavia wanted to prove this claim.<ref>[https://lifeinhel.tv/files/LIFEINHEL_PR-ENG.pdf Press release (English)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021164014/https://lifeinhel.tv/files/LIFEINHEL_PR-ENG.pdf |date=21 October 2017 }}, lifeinhel.tv, Retrieved 21 October 2017</ref>

A new terminal expansion was opened in 2012. The terminals 1 and 2 were combined on 21 June 2022 so that all flights are now operated from a single terminal.<ref>[https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000008887118.html Lentoliikenne | Helsinki–Vantaalla palataan vuosikymmeniä vanhaan käytäntöön: kaikki keskitetään yhteen terminaaliin], ''[[Helsingin Sanomat]]'' 15 June 2022. Accessed on 15 June 2022.</ref><ref>[https://yle.fi/news/3-12506026 Helsinki Airport streamlines operations into one terminal], [[YLE]] 22 June 2022. Accessed on 23 June 2022.</ref>