Ilmailulaitos - Vuosikertomus 2005

Finavia 2005

Finavia

Review by the director general Finavia today The CAA financial year in brief

15 million air passengers

Busy times for air traffic Blue1 excels in domestic traffic China, Japan and Thailand were long-haul favourites Helsinki-Vantaa grows as a Gateway airport Overflights increase

Airports and air navigation Personnel The environment Air transport authority

Report by the Board The Flight Safety Authority Airport Architecture

CHINA, JAPAN AND THAILAND WERE LONG-HAUL FAVOURITES

Asia continued to gain in popularity as an international long distance destination. It was visited by 355 000 passengers, which was 12 per cent more than in 2004. The most passengers to Asian destinations went to China (+16 %) and Thailand (+13 %). But the relatively biggest increases in popularity were to Brazil (+117 %), The Dominican Republic (+100 %) and Tunisia (+49 %). In terms of passenger numbers, the highest growth was to places in China, Japan and Thailand.

The relatively fastest risers in Europe were Romania (+115 %), Latvia (+65 %) and Croatia (+63 %). Scheduled flights took passengers mostly to Sweden (+4 %), Germany (+3 %) and Denmark (+15 %). Charter passengers flew mostly to the Canary Islands (+3 %), Greece (–8 %) and Bulgaria (+41 %).