The objectives of Fintraffic’s Air Navigation Services for 2026 focus on legal compliance, digitalisation of aviation, and promoting staff well-being and competencies.

The NELSON project hosted its stakeholder conference International Cooperation and Digitalisation in Maritime on 25 November 2025. The event brought together a wide range of perspectives on maritime digitalisation—from international cooperation and port digitalisation to e-navigation, remote pilotage and the future skills needed in our evolving ecosystem.

Welcome to the first stakeholder seminar of the NELSON project! The event will take place on 25 November 2025 from 9:00 to 12:00 at Studio Uusikumpu (Vuoritontuntie 22, 02200 Espoo).

Fintraffic VTS is actively contributing to the developing of future of maritime services through the MaDaMe and ORMOBASS projects, co-funded by the EU’s Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme. After two years of development and testing, it is time to share our first results and discuss new services and opportunities together with maritime industry stakeholders.

Fintraffic’s Air Navigation Services’ Flight Planning Centre (FPC) was established 15 years ago. Its purpose was to centralise support for air navigation services nationally at a single location. The Flan Planning Centre is a unique entity in Finland, and there is no equivalent anywhere in Europe. To celebrate the FPC’s anniversary, we are taking a look at how centralised flight planning services have been built over the years up to today.

Further improvements to the alternative route of the Vuosaari road tunnel will be ready by 5 October. Next, functionality tests of the alternative route will take place between 6 and 9 October. During the testing, the tunnel will be closed, and traffic will be directed to the improved alternative route.

As the autumn hunting season, the elk’s mating season and their migration to winter pastures begin, this will yet again result in unwanted elk encounters on our roads. Fintraffic’s Road Traffic Centre reminds drivers to maintain their vigilance, especially in morning and evening traffic and elk hazard areas: Drivers should maintain moderate driving speeds and long safety distances and keep their eyes on the road.

On 6 January 2026, a significant renovation will begin in the Vuosaari Tunnel, forcing the tunnel to close for about one year. During the renovation, traffic is rerouted to the official alternate route through Itäväylä–Kallvikintie–Niinisaarentie–Satamakaari–Vuosaari harbour. To ensure optimal traffic flow, the alternate route has undergone significant testing and improvement over the past year. Observations over this summer show that changes made to the route had already had a positive effect, despite some need for improvement. Further improvements have been planned for the alternate route as early as this autumn.

Installation work will take place in the Kuparivuori tunnel in Naantali (road 189) from 1 to 12 September 2025, which will require a full closure of the tunnel.

Autumn is approaching and Finns are gradually returning to everyday life. The end of the summer holiday season is also reflected in traffic: boats pulled ashore, holiday home items and other trailer loads are being transported by road after the summer. Before you hook up the trailer and start off, check these three important safety matters.

Preparations for renovating the Vuosaari road tunnel begin outside at the Harbour end of the tunnel in week 34.  The work area is expanded in week 35 to include the Satamakaari ramp. One of the lanes away from Vuosaari Harbour is closed.

The autumn school semester will soon bring a large number of new people to traffic, as first-graders start going to school. Fintraffic and the Finnish Road Safety Council want to remind everyone of the importance of safety on the way to school. As schoolchildren fill the streets, it is important for drivers to pay even more attention to traffic rules and observing their environment. Parents are responsible for teaching their children how to stay safe on the way to school and back.

The official alternative route for the Vuosaari road tunnel was tested between 16 and 18 June.