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Domestic flights in Finland are set to increase in price after an EU decision that means the charges applied to them will have to rise. The EU has ruled that Finavia, the state-owned aviation services company, has to charge the same for domestic Finnish flights and flights within the EU's internal market.

It had previously made similar demands of the Norwegian company Avinor and the Swedish firm Swedavia.

At present the charge per passenger for a domestic flight is 11.70 euros, while that for a flight to a Schengen destination is a little over 15 euros. The EU's decision is expected to raise the cost of flying within Finland, while reducing it slightly for flights to airports within the Schengen area.

Finavia has to present proposals for equalising these charges this year, and is set to ask for a two-year transition period.