Toronto is getting direct flights to a European capital after an 11-year hiatus

A direct flight between Toronto and a Northern European capital is resuming after an 11-year pause.

Finnair announced on Wednesday that it will resume its long-scrapped direct flight between Helsinki, Finland and Toronto starting next year, after over a decade.

The route is set to officially return on May 4, 2026, and will operate with three flights a week during the busy tourist season for both cities, until August 29, 2026.

Finnair last operated this flight in fall 2015, and by the time the route resumes next May, it will have been 11 years since the carrier flew a Helsinki-Toronto route.

Flights will depart on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays using Airbus A330-300 aircraft, and total flight times from Helsinki to Toronto will span approximately 8 hours and 45 minutes.

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"We are excited to grow our North American network and bring Canada back as a destination. Toronto is a popular travel destination and offers, especially our European customers, great connections also to other parts of Canada," said Finnair Chief Revenue Officer Christine Rovelli in a press release.

Ahead of the return of this long-lost route, Finnair has updated its website with a blog post about the many tourist must-see destinations and experiences in Toronto.