Elisabeth Axtelius, director of aviation business at Swedavia, discusses Stockholm Arlanda’s most notable new routes, the planned Swedish aviation passenger tax and unserved markets.
After a record performance handling 24.7 million passengers in 2016, Swedavia has confirmed it will reduce airport charges at Sweden’s largest international air gateway by an average of one per cent as of April 1, 2017. As a result, the airlines’ charges at the Stockholm Arlanda hub will have been decreased by a total of 6.5 per cent over the past three years. Since 2005, Swedavia’s airport charges have been cut by more than 20 per cent.
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has announced Gothenburg in Sweden as its 74th base from September, where it will base a single aircraft to launch additional frequencies to London Stansted.