Good evening, everyone...
Well I've been there once, and there is really no problem to get there with Finnair. There are flights from Helsinki to Kuusamo nearly every hour, and after that you can take the bus to drive to Ruka directly.
Here's the flight schedule from Finnair for innercountry flights:
http://www.finnair.com/filecontent/com/ ... inland.pdf Simply navigate to "Helsinki-Kuusamo" on the left.
The timetable is indeed a bit complicated, I must say. So be careful to check the right dates...
The only thing is that they do not fly to Kuusamo every day. At the time in November, when you're planning 2 go there, they only fly on Monday, Tuesday + Wednesday, as you can see. The flight takes 1 hour and 15 minutes.
A return flight Helsinki - Kuusamo is about 200 €, which is okay for the winter season. You can also go there by using the airline Blue1, but I just checked - they do not have a regular flight timetable for November or December yet, so you'll have to wait. (webpage is
http://www.blue1.fi/en/ )
Ruka is located about 30 kilometres in the North of Kuusamo, and it's absolutely no prob to get there by bus. If you have further questions, you can mail me :)
But I'm sure there are more people who have been there already and will help you here.