Finavia Oyj: Record Number of Passengers at Helsinki Airport – over 16 Million
HELSINKI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Helsinki Airport has set a new record for passenger volume – over 16
million passengers. The increase over the previous figures almost
amounts to the population of Helsinki. For the first time, passenger
volumes at all Finavia airports increased to over 20 million passengers.
There were increases in both domestic traffic and international air
traffic. As a result, Rovaniemi set an all-time passenger volume record,
and Oulu was once again in the million-passenger club. Tourism in
Lapland is recovering to almost the same level it was in its peak years.
A total of 20,083,297 passengers (19,691,612 in 2014) travelled through
Finavia’s airports in 2015, an increase of 2.0% compared to the previous
year. 26% of the passengers took domestic flights and 74% international
flights.
Lapland airports also set new records. Lapland is now again near the
peak years in passenger volumes, as the passenger volume was over one
million: 1,007,011 (973,953 in 2014). The year 2008 was the last time
this took place in Lapland.
In the fourth quarter of 2015, there was a total of 5,057,573 passengers
(4,830,179 passengers in October–December 2014). The volume increased by
4.7% compared to October–December 2014.
International air traffic continues to grow
The passenger volume in international air traffic increased by 1.5% in
2015 and amounted to 14.9 million (14.6).
The passenger volume at Helsinki Airport increased by 3.0% from 2014 to
16,422,266 (15,948,838) at the end of December. Compared to 2014, the
volume increased by 473,428 passengers. The volume of international
passengers increased by 2.9%, and domestic travel grew by 3.4%.
In October–December, 4.0 million passengers flew via Helsinki Airport.
The increase was a significant 5.5% compared to the same period in 2014.
All in all, the number of transit passengers at Helsinki Airport
increased by 3.1% from the previous year and was 2.6 million (2.5). The
majority of Asian passengers at Helsinki Airport were from Japan and
China.
“The demand for air traffic is still continuing to increase rapidly, and
we are powerfully involved in the growth, which can be seen in the
record-breaking passenger volumes. We believe that the good growth in
transit traffic between Europe and Asia will also continue next year.
Signing a partnership agreement with the biggest Asian airport was a
significant step for us in strengthening our position. The appeal of
Lapland as a tourist destination also shows in the air traffic figures”,
says Joni Sundelin, director at Finavia.
The number of commercial aviation landings continued to decrease to
113,290 operations last year, which is 1.7% less than in 2014. The
passenger volume has not decreased in proportion to the number of landed
aircraft, which means that air traffic is more efficient than before due
to high aircraft occupancy rates and larger aircraft sizes.
Statistics on air traffic in 2015 are available at https://www.finavia.fi/en/finavia-corporation/statistics/2015/
Finavia provides and develops airport and air navigation services with
focus on safety, customer-orientation and cost efficiency. Finavia’s
comprehensive network of 22 airports enables international connections
from Finland — and to different parts of Finland. Helsinki Airport is
the leading Northern European transit airport for long-haul traffic.
Revenues in 2014 were EUR 350 million, and the number of employees 2900.
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