The airline has urged travellers to avoid bringing luggage to the airport that needs to be checked in. Other airlines as well could be affected by the walkout.
By Tuesday evening, the airport had a bottleneck of around 6,000 bags. It may take several days to make sure the bags follow their owners to their destinations.
Travellers arriving at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport face exceptionally long waits at the baggage terminal. Some tired travellers left the airport without their luggage. These passengers were told to expect their bags by Tuesday or Wednesday.
Union Protests Outsourcing
The Finnish Aviation Union (IAU) is protesting the outsourcing of baggage handling operations to a company called Barona Handling. The sale was completed on Monday. The IAU claims that permanent positions at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport would be transformed into short-term contracts with the move.
Finnair insists it is no longer a party to the labour dispute, because as of Monday, the striking employees now work for Barona.
