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Information about the services at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport is available at http://www.finavia.fi
Diplomats travelling on duty may choose any passport control line irrespective of their nationality.
8.2 Security
Diplomats and other privileged persons and their personal baggage, except “diplomatic bags”, shall be liable to screening for security purposes. Diplomatic couriers and their personal baggage are not exempted from screening.
The personal baggage of a diplomat shall, as a rule, be exempt from further inspection. In case there are serious grounds for presuming that the personal baggage of a diplomat contains articles the import or export of which is prohibited by the law or controlled by the quarantine regulations of the receiving State, the baggage may be inspected. Such inspection shall be conducted in the presence of the diplomat or of his/her authorized representative.
8.3 VIP Services
There are two VIP lounges in the Helsinki-Vantaa airport. Congress VIP may be used when visitors are arriving or departing on regular flights. VIP President is primarily for visitors arriving on private airplanes. The host country covers the cost of the VIP lounge in connection with official visits by Heads of State, Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers.This concerns also the arriving and departing Ambassador and Chargé d´affaires e.p. in connection of their first arrival and final departure. Missions may use a VIP lounge on other occasions at their own expense (please note also section 1.8 Heads of Mission).
A list of prohibited items in the security restricted area and the cabin of an aircraft is available at http://www.trafi.fi/en/aviation/for_passengers/security_controls/pack_ right%21
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