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Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Photo: Kalle Sanner
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Swedavia’s traffic statistics for April 2024

In April, more than 2.6 million passengers chose to fly via Swedavia's ten airports. This represents an increase of almost 1,5 per cent compared with April of last year. This trend continues to be driven by increased demand for international travel, primarily from Stockholm Arlanda Airport. The airlines that operate at Swedavia’s airports continue to strengthen Sweden’s connectivity. So far, this year's summer traffic programme has seen the launch of 25 new routes, including 10 brand new destinations. Airlines have also strengthened their charter offerings ahead of the summer season at four of Swedavia's airports: Malmö Airport, Luleå Airport, Umeå Airport and Östersund Airport.

"Demand for international travel at our airports continues to increase, while the range of destinations has been strengthened through the summer traffic programme. At the same time, the weaker trend in domestic travel continues, although there are regional differences. Overall, we expect to see a continued increase in travel during the summer season", says Jonas Abrahamsson, Swedavia's president and CEO.

So far, 25 new routes have been launched for the 2024 summer season – including ten brand new destinations. The charter offering has also been strengthened for the summer season at Malmö Airport, Åre Östersund, Umeå Airport and Luleå Airport.

New routes – May:
Stockholm Arlanda – Hannover with Eurowings
Stockholm Arlanda – Bari with Norwegian
Stockholm Arlanda – Zagreb with Croatian Airlines
Göteborg Landvetter – London (LGW) with Norwegian
Göteborg Landvetter – Nice with Norwegian
Göteborg Landvetter – Dubrovnik with Norwegian

In April, nearly 2.6 million passengers flew via Swedavia's ten airports, which is just over a 1 per cent increase compared to April 2023. International travel increased 4 per cent to nearly 2 million passengers, while domestic travel decreased 5 per cent to just under 660,000 passengers.
Total passenger traffic at Swedavia's airports in April was 82 per cent of pre-pandemic levels in 2019.

Stockholm Arlanda Airport served more than 1.8 million passengers in April, which is a 5 per cent increase compared to April of last year. International travel increased 8 per cent to 1.6 million passengers, while domestic travel increased 8 per cent to just under 275,000 passengers. Overall, passenger levels at Stockholm Arlanda in April were 91 per cent of pre-pandemic levels in 2019.

Göteborg Landvetter Airport served a total of nearly 429,000 passengers in April, which is on par with last year's traffic numbers in April. International travel increased by 2 percent to 381,000 passengers, while domestic travel decreased 14 percent to just over 47,000 passengers. In April, passenger levels at Göteborg Landvetter were 78 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.

The air travel trend at Swedavia’s other airports was mixed in April. Among Swedavia’s regional airports, Ronneby Airport, followed by Kiruna Airport, showed the best trend in April compared to traffic numbers for last April. Luleå Airport, followed by Kiruna Airport, had the best traffic trend in April compared to pre-pandemic traffic numbers. Malmö Airport, followed by Visby Airport, had the weakest trend in April compared to April 2023.

April traffic trend – number of passengers:

More detailed information about Swedavia’s traffic figures and statistics is available (in Swedish) on Swedavia’s website: Statistics | About Swedavia

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For further information, please contact Swedavia’s press service at +46 (0) 109 01 00 or press@swedavia.se.

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Swedavia is a group that owns, operates and develops 10 airports throughout Sweden. Our role is to create the connectivity that Sweden needs to facilitate travel, business and meetings. Satisfied and safe travelers are the foundation of Swedavia's business. Swedavia is a world leader in the development of airports with the least possible climate impact. Since 2020, Swedavia's own airport operations have been fossil-free at all ten airports. The group's turnover in 2022 was approximately SEK 4.8 billion and approximately 2,400 employees.

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