Air navigation strategy 2026: focus on the provision and development of air traffic management
The objectives of Fintraffic’s Air Navigation Services for 2026 focus on legal compliance, digitalisation of aviation, and promoting staff well-being and competencies.
Aviation organisations join forces to curb growth in unruly passenger behaviour – Joint campaign uses the slogan “Put yourself in flight mode”
The Finnish aviation community is seeking shared solutions and coordinated measures to reduce unruly behaviour. In May, just before the busiest flight season, the community launches a joint campaign titled “Put yourself in flight mode”.
Fintraffic’s sustainability programme complete – Towards safer, smoother and more environmentally friendly traffic
Traffic Management Company Fintraffic’s sustainability programme has been completed.
Opas.matka.fi or Google Maps – which should you choose for route planning?
What are the differences between Opas.matka.fi and Google Maps?
Digirail: An agreement has been concluded with a Finnish company called Mipro Oy for the delivery of external controllers for the first commercial track section
Digirail and Mipro Oy have signed an agreement to supply external controllers to Digirail’s first commercial track section (the so-called EKA track section), on the Lielahti-Rauma/Pori line.
European Union Agency for Railways Report on Railway Safety: Safety on Finnish railways is top tier
Europe has one of the safest railway networks in the world – major accidents are rare and significant accidents have decreased over the last two decades. The European Union Agency for Railways has published its 2024 report on railway safety and interoperability on the EU level. Figures shown in the report also demonstrate the safety of Finland’s railways, which is top tier on the European level.
Fintraffic is preparing for the implementation of the new CSRD directive: “A significant benefit for both our operations and our sustainability work”
The new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) of the European Union, which entered into force last September, sets increasingly stringent requirements for corporate sustainability reporting. This is also reflected in Fintraffic’s operations, where collection of data in accordance with the new requirements will commence in 2025. The first CSRD-compliant report is due to be published the following year.
Something completely new is being done in collaboration with telecom operators in Finland's railway sector: ”It will certainly attract attention”
Digirail is in the process of collaboration with Finnish telecom operators to design a common disturbance map view that enables efficient train traffic.
Situation Coordinator service under the responsibility of Fintraffic Railway
One of Fintraffic’s basic tasks in rail traffic management is to ensure safe and smooth rail traffic on Finnish railways. The almost three-year-old Situation Coordinator service plays an important role in succeeding in this task. The service allows the railway network to deal with disruptions more quickly, safely and efficiently, as all essential information is transmitted from one party to another in a transparent manner. Since the beginning of 2024, the service has been produced under the partnership agreement between the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and Fintraffic Railway. What does the change mean in practice?
After graduation, straight to work: Fintraffic gets 20 new rail traffic controllers
Twenty new rail traffic controllers graduated at Fintraffic this summer. Each of them has undergone a training period of about six months, including an induction period, a theoretical learning period, a simulation phase and a job orientation phase.