The number of air passengers is still well below the level before the interest rate. On average, the number of passengers this year has been around two-thirds of what it was before the pandemic.
At Oulu airport, a few million-dollar clubs were reached before the koruna. In 2019, a total of 1 064 917 passengers passed through the airport. During the koruna, passenger numbers plummeted by about a third, to just over 300 000 passengers in both years.
During this year, the number of passengers has gradually increased, and by the end of November, Oulu Airport had already welcomed 590,223 passengers.
Kuusamo Airport had 80 768 passengers by the end of November. Before the koruna, 115 091 passengers passed through Kuusamo Airport. In the years before the koruna, the 70 000 passenger mark was still exceeded. December has traditionally been a busy month in Kuusamo, which has also been reflected in the year’s total.
Kuusamo station’s traffic in November, together with Ivalo, Kittilä, and Rovaniemi airports, differed from the situation in the rest of the country, as the number of passengers exceeded the 2019 level in November.
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport’s share was 82 percent of the total number of passengers at domestic airports. In November 2022, 1.1 million passengers flew through Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, and a total of 228,394 passengers flew through other domestic airports.
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