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Apr 20, 2017 (newstodate): March 2017 passenger figures for the five capital airports in the Nordic region show early signs of a weakening position of the region's so far undisputed leader, Copenhagen Airport.
In March 2017, Copenhagen Airport was alone among the five airports in producing negative growth as the volume of passengers declined by 0.2 percent, y-o-y, to 2,279,244.
While still maintaining its lead position, Copenhagen Airport is seeing the distance to the region's second-largest airport, Norway's Oslo Airport narrowing as Oslo grew by nine percent in passenger volumes to 2,228,986.
Trailing only slightly behind was Sweden's Stockholm Airport where the growth in March 2017 was six percent, to 2,100,362 passengers.
In Finland, Helsinki Airport also increased in passengers in March 2017, up 5.3 percent to a total of 1,495,668 passengers.
The region's unsurpassed growth figure was, however, recorded by Iceland's Keflavik Airport where the passenger volumes were up no less than 44.8 percent, y-o-y, to 583,159.
On its website, Copenhagen Airport relates its weak trend in March 2017 to the fact that this year's busy Easter peak fell in April, and not in March as in the previous year, leading to a predicable drop in passenger volumes.
While Easter probably fell simultaneously across the Nordic region, another reason behind the decline may be rather related to the negative effects from the cumbersome security procedures at Copenhagen Airport where train passengers between Denmark and Sweden are required to disembark for inspection.
This makes air travel via Copenhagen Airport less attractive to passengers in the airport's South Swedish catchment area where not least Gothenburg Airport is expanding its flight offerings significantly.
In March 2017, Copenhagen Airport was alone among the five airports in producing negative growth as the volume of passengers declined by 0.2 percent, y-o-y, to 2,279,244.
While still maintaining its lead position, Copenhagen Airport is seeing the distance to the region's second-largest airport, Norway's Oslo Airport narrowing as Oslo grew by nine percent in passenger volumes to 2,228,986.
Trailing only slightly behind was Sweden's Stockholm Airport where the growth in March 2017 was six percent, to 2,100,362 passengers.
In Finland, Helsinki Airport also increased in passengers in March 2017, up 5.3 percent to a total of 1,495,668 passengers.
The region's unsurpassed growth figure was, however, recorded by Iceland's Keflavik Airport where the passenger volumes were up no less than 44.8 percent, y-o-y, to 583,159.
On its website, Copenhagen Airport relates its weak trend in March 2017 to the fact that this year's busy Easter peak fell in April, and not in March as in the previous year, leading to a predicable drop in passenger volumes.
While Easter probably fell simultaneously across the Nordic region, another reason behind the decline may be rather related to the negative effects from the cumbersome security procedures at Copenhagen Airport where train passengers between Denmark and Sweden are required to disembark for inspection.
This makes air travel via Copenhagen Airport less attractive to passengers in the airport's South Swedish catchment area where not least Gothenburg Airport is expanding its flight offerings significantly.