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Finnish Aviation Union Industrial Action - 1 May 2025, 10:50 AM

Customer Guidelines

Due to strike action affecting Finnair operations, the following customer guideline is available.

Advice for British Airways-125 ticketed customers whose BA* (AY operated) or AY prime flight is still OPERATING.

Rebook onto

British Airways

Affected Airport

HEL

Tickets issued by

01MAY25

Ticket travel dates

05MAY25 only

New travel dates

04MAY25 or 06MAY25 – 31MAY25

Rebooking Allowance

Rebook into the same class as the original flight or lowest available in the same cabin

Origin/Destination/Stopover changes

No

Refunds Allowed

No

Redemptions included

Yes – Please use the rebooking allowance above

Available for Trade

Yes - Self manage re-booking, re-issue and refunds via GDS by following these guidelines

Important Information

  • One involuntary ticket change allowed from the above options.
  • Terms and conditions from original ticket apply for any further voluntary changes.
  • For customers on cancelled flights 02MAY25, please follow the standard Customer Handling Guidelines  
  • Adherence to commercial policies/conditions of carriage guidelines remains entirely the responsibility of the user. BA reserves the right to withdraw guidelines at any time.