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The Helsinki Airport made sure to receive the esteemed flight by having it arrive at gate 26 \u2014 double of 13.<\/p>\n
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Since 2006,\u00a0Finnair has flown Flight 666 to Helsinki 21 times on Friday the 13th, according to the airline.\u00a0The airline said it will be changing its flight numbers at the end of the month, and Flight 666 will become Flight 954.<\/p>\n
The number\u00a0666<\/a>, according to the King James version of the Book of Revelation, is \u201cthe number of the beast,\u201d which many associates with the Devil. Friday the 13th has long been feared by the superstitious\u00a0as a dreaded day of misfortune.<\/p>\n Possible\u00a0reasons<\/a>\u00a0for the origins of the Friday the 13th bad luck story abound. For example, the 13th guest at the Last Supper, Judas, betrayed Jesus. Jesus may have been crucified on a Friday the 13th. There is a Norse myth about a god crashing a dinner as the 13th guest, wreaking havoc. A 1993 study published in the\u00a0British Medical Journal<\/a>\u00a0even concluded the \u201crisk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident may be increased by as much as 52%\u201d on Friday the 13th.<\/p>\n Why the change in flight numbers?<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re growing, so we need more flight numbers,\u201d the company\u00a0tweeted<\/a>. \u201cThis is why we\u2019ve done the renumbering.\u201d<\/p>\n Those who aren\u2019t spooked by traveling on Friday the 13th may be rewarded with cheaper flights. According to a study conducted by the travel search engine Kayak, the average cost of a flight departing from Britain on Friday, Jan. 13, this year was significantly cheaper than any other day that same month.<\/p>\n