{"id":204844,"date":"2022-05-18T02:15:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T19:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=204844"},"modified":"2022-05-18T03:24:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T20:24:25","slug":"finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnair drops the facemask rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HELSINKI, 18 May 2022: Wearing a mask on Finnair flights is optional unless the authorities at the destination or origin country require it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline is responding to the easing of coronavirus\nrelated restrictions worldwide. However, some exceptions require passengers to\nwear a mask throughout the flight, removing it only when eating or\ndrinking.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/finnair-wing-600x337.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202438 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/337;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On all other Finnair flights, masks are voluntary for both\ncrew and customers. Travellers can wear a mask while travelling for additional\nprotection or personal reasons. FFP2 and FFP3 masks offer more than 95%\nprotection, even if others around you are not using masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finnair&#8217;s Asian destinations require face masks for both\ninbound and outbound passengers \u2013 China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore,\nSouth Korea and Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Union dropped the mandatory wearing of masks\nfor passengers on flights and in airports last Monday, following updated\nguidelines from the EU aviation safety agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it noted that a face mask remains one of the best protection against the transmission of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Source: Finnair)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HELSINKI, 18 May 2022: Wearing a mask on Finnair flights is optional unless the authorities at the destination or origin country require it. The airline is responding to the easing of coronavirus related restrictions worldwide. However, some exceptions require passengers to wear a mask throughout the flight, removing it only when eating or drinking.&nbsp; On [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[469,267],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-204844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-airlines","7":"category-europe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Finnair drops the facemask rule - TTR Weekly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Finnair drops the facemask rule - TTR Weekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HELSINKI, 18 May 2022: Wearing a mask on Finnair flights is optional unless the authorities at the destination or origin country require it. The airline is responding to the easing of coronavirus related restrictions worldwide. However, some exceptions require passengers to wear a mask throughout the flight, removing it only when eating or drinking.&nbsp; On [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TTR Weekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/TTRweekly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-17T19:15:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-17T20:24:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/finnair-wing.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"843\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TTR WEEKLY\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/ttrweekly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ttrweekly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TTR WEEKLY\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TTR WEEKLY\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/0969996ed7cd03b896cfdbc063a1dd93\"},\"headline\":\"Finnair drops the facemask rule\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-17T19:15:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-17T20:24:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/\"},\"wordCount\":171,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/finnair-wing-600x337.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"AIRLINES\",\"EUROPE\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/\",\"name\":\"Finnair drops the facemask rule - TTR Weekly\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/finnair-wing-600x337.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-17T19:15:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-17T20:24:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Finnair drops the facemask rule\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/\",\"name\":\"TTR Weekly\",\"description\":\"News for Southeast Asia&#039;s travel planners. Latest news, travel news, B2B news, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Brunei.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ttrweekly\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TTRW-272-01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TTRW-272-01.png\",\"width\":1133,\"height\":375,\"caption\":\"ttrweekly\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/TTRweekly\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ttrweekly\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/0969996ed7cd03b896cfdbc063a1dd93\",\"name\":\"TTR WEEKLY\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ttrweekly\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/author\/e-newswire\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Finnair drops the facemask rule - TTR Weekly","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Finnair drops the facemask rule - TTR Weekly","og_description":"HELSINKI, 18 May 2022: Wearing a mask on Finnair flights is optional unless the authorities at the destination or origin country require it. The airline is responding to the easing of coronavirus related restrictions worldwide. However, some exceptions require passengers to wear a mask throughout the flight, removing it only when eating or drinking.&nbsp; On [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/","og_site_name":"TTR Weekly","article_publisher":"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/TTRweekly\/","article_published_time":"2022-05-17T19:15:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-17T20:24:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":843,"url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/finnair-wing.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"TTR WEEKLY","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/ttrweekly","twitter_site":"@ttrweekly","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TTR WEEKLY","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/"},"author":{"name":"TTR WEEKLY","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/0969996ed7cd03b896cfdbc063a1dd93"},"headline":"Finnair drops the facemask rule","datePublished":"2022-05-17T19:15:59+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-17T20:24:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/"},"wordCount":171,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/finnair-wing-600x337.png","articleSection":["AIRLINES","EUROPE"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/","name":"Finnair drops the facemask rule - TTR Weekly","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/finnair-wing-600x337.png","datePublished":"2022-05-17T19:15:59+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-17T20:24:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/05\/finnair-drops-the-facemask-rule\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Finnair drops the facemask rule"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/","name":"TTR Weekly","description":"News for Southeast Asia&#039;s travel planners. Latest news, travel news, B2B news, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Brunei.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization","name":"ttrweekly","url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TTRW-272-01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TTRW-272-01.png","width":1133,"height":375,"caption":"ttrweekly"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/TTRweekly\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ttrweekly"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/0969996ed7cd03b896cfdbc063a1dd93","name":"TTR WEEKLY","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ttrweekly"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/author\/e-newswire\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204844"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204865,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204844\/revisions\/204865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}