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May 16, 2024 (newstodate): From June 2, 2024, Finnair will be back to Tartu in Estonia with flights from Helsinki, suspended since the start of this month.
Russian jamming caused two Finnair flights to return to Helsinki due to GPS disturbances over Estonia, causing Finnair to suspend flights on the route from April 29 to May 31, 2024.
However, already from May 23 the distance measuring equipment solution, DME, that Estonian Air Navigation Services has implemented at Tartu Airport, will offer an alternative navigation option in case of GPS interference also in lower airspace, fulfilling an important prerequisite for Finnair to resume flights between Helsinki and Tartu.
Aside from the two Finnair cases, there have been no flights returned or scheduled flights cancelled due to GPS disturbances in Tartu or elsewhere in Estonian airspace, EANS says.