Positive development in both international and domestic travel

Summer travel continued to develop positively in August. In the course of the month, approximately three million airline passengers flew via one of Swedavia’s ten airports. This is a total increase in passengers of five per cent compared to August 2024.

“August was a strong month, with both international and domestic travel up five per cent year-on-year at our ten airports. Stockholm Arlanda had the strongest development, with an eight per cent increase. It’s gratifying that the airlines continue to invest in Sweden, and that during the summer season, Swedavia enhanced our offerings by opening another 22 new routes”, says Jonas Abrahamsson, President and CEO of Swedavia.

Sweden’s largest airport, Stockholm Arlanda Airport, had the largest overall increase in passengers, followed by Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Luleå Airport and Umeå Airport.

Arlanda, Landvetter and Malmö Airport had the greatest increase in internationally bound passengers. After Arlanda, Luleå Airport and Umeå Airport saw the biggest increases in domestic travelers, followed by Åre Östersund Airport.

During the summer season, 22 new routes were opened at Swedavia’s airports, including 15 new flights from Stockholm Arlanda Airport, six new flights from Göteborg Landvetter Airport, and one new flight from Bromma Stockholm Airport.

So far this year, Swedavia has welcomed five new airlines: ANA, Animawings, Ajet, SkyAlps and SolaAir, which launched a new domestic route from Arlanda to Karlstad on 1 September.

In August, almost 3.3 million passengers travelled through Swedavia’s airports, an increase of five per cent compared to August last year. Both international and domestic travel increased by five per cent during the month. 

In August, a total of just over 2.4 million passengers travelled via Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden’s largest airport. That is an increase of eight per cent compared to August 2024. International travel increased by five per cent, and domestic travel increased by 32 per cent. 2.1 million passengers travelled abroad, while just over 337,000 travelled domestically.

In August, a total of just over 544,000 passengers travelled via Sweden’s second-largest airport – Göteborg Landvetter Airport.  This marks an increase of three per cent compared to August 2024. International travel increased by three per cent, to approximately 506,000 passengers. Domestic travel remained at the same level as August of last year, with a total of just over 37,000 airline passengers.

Swedavia’s other eight airports had mixed trends in August. Luleå Airport accounted for the largest increase in passengers, followed by Umeå Airport and Åre Östersund Airport. Both Rönneby Airport and Visby Airport had weaker passenger growth compared to August 2024, while Bromma
Stockholm Airport continued to have the weakest passenger growth, as a result of the airlines’ new plan to focus their investments on Stockholm Arlanda Airport.
 
August traffic trend – number of passengers:

Source: Swedavia AB