Number of Passengers at Finnish Airports Reached 1.7 Million Last December
Such data also show that at the same time, the number of passengers on domestic flights increased by one-fifth and on international flights by 46 per cent compared to December 2021, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.
In addition, in December last year, 1.2 million passengers flew through Helsinki Airport, and a total of 0.51 million passengers flew through other domestic airports in the country.
The same source says that Helsinki airport accounted for 70 per cent of all passengers at domestic airports.
According to statistics, compared to 2019, the number of passengers at Helsinki Airport was 31 per cent lower during 2022, along with the combined number of passengers at other domestic airports by nine per cent.
On the other hand, airports such as Enontekiö, Kittilä, Kuusamo, Rovaniemi and Tampere-Pirkkala had an increase in the number of passengers last December, thus surpassing the levels of 2019.
Further statistics also show that the number of passengers was 33 per cent higher at both Helsinki Airport and other domestic airports during December last year compared to December 2021.
In addition, a total of 74 per cent of air passengers travelled on international flights and 26 per cent on domestic flights. Meanwhile, the share of passengers on international flights was 82 per cent at Helsinki airport and 58 per cent in total at other domestic airports.
At the same time, the air transport of goods and mail reached 14,485 tons in December 2022. As a result, 99 per cent of tons were transported through Helsinki Airport and 99 per cent in traffic between Finland and foreign countries. Thus, 8,195 tons or 57 per cent of the transported volume of goods were outgoing and 6,290 tons or 43 per cent were incoming.
Previously, the annual report published by Statistics Finland for 2021 revealed that the number of nights spent by tourists in the Baltic country fell by nine per cent, compared to 2020, when 2.2 were recorded to just over two million in the next year.
