KEF
November 114,604 +6.8%

CPH Copenhagen-Kastrup: 1,761,409 +4.3%

21.5 million passengers so far, only 400.000 shy of an all-time record. Looks like it'll break the 23 million mark!

OSL Gardermoen November:
1 721 589 (+ 8,4%) (next November will be the first month Gardermoen is bigger than Kastrup, with regular schedules)

Year-to-date:
19 621 456 (+ 10,8%) (we've already passed the previous record year of 2008)

I think 21 mio is pretty much secured, if we can avoid any more days as this one!:nuts:

Stockholm-Arlanda: 1 579 371 +8%
Stockholm-Bromma: 214 018 +3%
Stockholm-Skavsta: 144 759 -10%

Göteborg-Landvetter: 407 948 +13%
Malmö-Sturup: 172 766 +20%

Stockholm Arlanda right now. 17 635 622 13%. It will be 19,3 or something.

Finnair's new uniforms

http://www.yle.fi/ims/nyheter/2011/50/641344ee8664b0cf32/641344ee8664b0cf32_1.jpg

:cripes:

PAN AM on finnish television. :banana:

The male steward uniform looks lousy but I applaud that they got rid the v-neck (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2104/2220636979_bca98cc188.jpg)-shirt-with-huge-collars (http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/airline-business/easyjet4a.jpeg)-and-an-ugly (http://www.airbaltic.com/upload_pic/outlook/oct-nov/formas.jpg)-grandma-scraf (http://www.freesun.be/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/uniform.jpg)design.

Why do they have to look like they're made in the sixties? The golden age of aviation is OVER!!!

I like that retro look.

A nice video of the expansion of Trondheim Airport Værnes. When completed in around new year 2013/2014 it will reach a capacity of 5 million passengers a year.

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http://www.avinor.no/tridionimages/Birdseye_tcm181-138089.jpg

Finnair's new uniforms

http://www.yle.fi/ims/nyheter/2011/50/641344ee8664b0cf32/641344ee8664b0cf32_1.jpg

So far this Finnair's new refreshed branding has been doing so many things wrong. :ohno:
Colors, like the shade of blue is great imo, but that's about where the positives end.

300,000 new Finland passengers strengthen position of Copenhagen Airport
Travellers to and from Finland will be flying via Copenhagen instead of Helsinki in future. SAS-owned Blue1 is staking massively on Copenhagen Airport with five new routes so far and a doubling of capacity. The new routes will generate growth in Copenhagen of around DKK 135 million and strengthen the position of Copenhagen Airport as a northern European traffic hub.

Source: http://www.cph.dk/CPH/UK/Newsroom/News/2011/300.000+new+Finland+passengers+strengthen+position+of+Copenhagen+Airport.htm

OSL Gardermoen in December:

1 471 000 (+ 6,8%)


And for the whole of 2011:

21 103 000 (+10,5%)

Beating the old record big time, this was the first year above 20 mio.

Biggest destinations of 2011 was:

Trondheim 1 751 827 (+ 10,3%)
Bergen 1 693 426 (+ 12,0%)
Stavanger 1 435 193 (+ 12,5%)
København 1 213 150 (+ 7,2%)
Stockholm 1 165 452 (+ 16,2%)
Tromsø 920 245 (+ 16,6%)
London 879 726 (+ 4,7%)
Bodø 728 490 (+ 13,7%)
Amsterdam 595 567 (+ 9,9%)
Ålesund 587 540 (+ 13,3%)

The airport's prognosis for 2012 is 22,7 mio passengers.

Link: http://www.osl.no/osl/omoss/_presse/_nyhetsarkiv?TO_MILLIONER_FLERE_PASSASJERER_P%C3%85_OSL_I_2011&id=181-139397

KEF
December - 112 030 +8,1%

And for the whole of 2011:
2 112 017 +17,9%
:cheers:

In Sweden:

Stockholm-Arlanda:19 069 065 +12%
Stockholm-Skavsta:2 583 934 +3%
Stockholm-Bromma:2 184 209 +7%


Göteborg-Landvetter:4 906 556 +19%
Malmö-Sturup:1 946 234 +22%
Luleå: 1 066 839 +9%

Year 2011 in Finland:

Helsinki-Vantaa: 14 865 871 +15,5
Oulu: 973 912 +39,1
Tampere: 657 630 +6,5

In Sweden:

Stockholm-Arlanda:19 069 065 +12%
Stockholm-Skavsta:2 583 934 +3%
Stockholm-Bromma:2 184 209 +7%


Strange, i remember seing a TV report where it was mentioned that ARN has reached 20.000000 travellers. :)

Copenhagen-Kastrup 2011
22,725,517 +5,7%

Can't find a top list of destinations for 2012 yet. But London is the clear top destination with more than 1,5m passengers.

Top destinations in December:

London, Stockholm, Oslo, Aalborg, Amsterdam, Paris, Helsinki, Frankfurt, Berlin, Bangkok

Best year ever for Billund Airport too:

2.710.516 +5,3%

Copenhagen-Kastrup 2011
22,725,517 +5,7%



And more than 20 mio international travellers for the first time.:)

^^
I like the sound of that last part! Should place CPH on or just short of the top 20 airports world in terms of international passengers! :yes:

New video of the future airport of Bergen

http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Fremtidens-Flesland-2640282.html

Great for CPH. Way ahead of the rest in Scandinavia. Nice numbers for Oslo too, but nearly 10 mio. passengers are domestic...

^^
Well, passengers are passengers-- regardless if they are intl. or domestic. Neither is necessarily 'better'. ;)

I originally thought ramblersen's post (and consequently my reply) was in the Öresund Airports thread, because such statements (whether true or not) tend to lead to flamewars in these forums. It gets old quickly...

I originally thought ramblersen's post (and consequently my reply) was in the Öresund Airports thread, because such statements (whether true or not) tend to lead to flamewars in these forums. It gets old quickly...

I apologize if I broke some unwritten rule. I fail to see how commenting on the number of international travellers should lead to anymore of a flamewar than commenting on passenger numbers in general. But that is probably just me.:)

Great for CPH. Way ahead of the rest in Scandinavia. Nice numbers for Oslo too, but nearly 10 mio. passengers are domestic...

It's worth mentioning that Gardemoen (which the numbers are for) is only one of the three airports serving Oslo. I don't have the numbers for the other airports right now, but I guess they will add 2-3 million passengers to the total.

It's worth mentioning that Gardemoen (which the numbers are for) is only one of the three airports serving Oslo. I don't have the numbers for the other airports right now, but I guess they will add 2-3 million passengers to the total.

Why not?

All Oslo airports in 2011:

OSL Gardermoen:
21 103 199 (+ 10,5%)

MLR Rygge:
1 667 705 (+ 17,1%)

TRF Torp:
1 350 115 (- 15,0%)

Combined:
24 121 019 (+ 9,1%)

Out of which:
International: 13 617 994 (+ 9,6%)

(and now we are going to here something about all the "Øresundians" using Sturup as well;))

Great numbers for Oslo. Regarding international passengers, CPH have high numbers because there are only two airports with international traffic in Denmark worth mentioned. In Norway and Sweden those passengers fly from many different airports. In Norway total 18 381 946 international passengers in 2011.

^^
Exactly. CPH has a far greater catchment area than any other airport in the Nordics because of Denmark's tiny size, high population density and relatively good infrastructure, along with being the home airport of some 2 million+ southern Swedes (not to mention being strategically located smack in the middle of the largest metropolitan area in the Nordics). Amsterdam-Schipol is in a similar situation, not being able to rely on any domestic traffic for its pax numbers (but on an even larger scale, of course).

Just a question, wouldn't it be fair to include the 2 million passengers from MMX as Copenhagen airports? (+ Roskilde :D) After all it's only located 50km from the Copenhagen city core + one of the Oslo airports (don't remember which) is located more than 100 km away from Oslo.

^^
Of course. Except that it makes more sense to call both CPH and MMX Öresund airports as both serve passengers from either side of the strait.

Once again, OSL and it's biggest operator SAS takes away the European awards in FlightStats' On-time Performance Service Awards. OSL has a 87,1 % departures on-time, SAS 88,2 % of their flights on-time.

Source: http://opsawards.flightstats.com/index.html http://www.nrk.no/helse-forbruk-og-livsstil/1.7965122

And Norwegian have ordered 222 more aircrafts from Boeing and Airbus. Goodbye sas...



Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA has placed orders with Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Airbus S.A.S. comprising a total of 372 aircraft whereof 222 are on firm order.
The firm orders are for 22 Boeing 737-800, 100 Boeing 737 MAX8 and 100 Airbus A320neo. The agreements also include purchase rights for an additional 100 Boeing 737 MAX8 and 50 Airbus A320neo. The firm orders have an aggregated value at list price of approximately NOK 127 billion.
Norwegian will be the European launch customer for the new Boeing 737 MAX8. The aircraft is the successor of the 737-800 featuring an all-new engine configuration which combined with airframe improvements will give a 10 – 12 % reduction in fuel burn over its predecessor. The existing 737-800 is currently the most efficient single-aisle aircraft and is the backbone of Norwegian’s operation.
Norwegian will take delivery of the new Airbus A320neo for future business and growth opportunities. The aircraft is the successor of the existing Airbus A320 featuring an all-new engine configuration which combined with airframe improvements will reduce fuel burn by 15 – 17 % compared to the existing A320.
Today’s order will consolidate Norwegian’s position as one of the most competitive and cost efficient airlines in Europe. The order is designed to replace the existing fleet and to secure the best available capacity for growth. The order is in line with Norwegian’s established strategy of continuously striving for the lowest cost in the company’s markets which include operating the most fuel and cost efficient aircraft.
The delivery of aircraft starts in 2016. The aircraft purchase is supported by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) and European Export Credit Agencies.
Norwegian will host a press and analyst briefing at 10 a.m. CET at Felix Conference Center at Aker Brygge in Oslo.
Please see the enclosed aircraft fact sheet and press release.
Fornebu, Norway, 25 January, 2012
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, commercially branded “Norwegian,” is a public low-cost airline noted on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The company is the second largest airline in Scandinavia, and has a route portfolio that stretches across Europe into North Africa and the Middle East. With competitive prices and customer friendly solutions and service, the company has experienced significant growth over the previous years. With more than 13 million passengers in 2010, Norwegian is the 3rd largest low-cost airline in Europe. Norwegian currently operates 61 aircraft on 297 routes to more than 100 destinations and employs approximately 2 500 people

^^ That's a crazy big purchase. 222 planes! Norwegian will be very big then, making bases in several European cities.

New VIP-terminal at OSL drawn by Hille Melbye arkitekter, was just finished. It costed 45 mio NOK, and is mostly targeted for the Royal families, and international Head of State's etc.

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/1328016489975_332.jpg

From the airport administration:
- We want to be seen with a good public face and to welcome the VIP guests in a proper manner. With this new building we are also proud to showcase Norwegian materials and good Norwegian building, said Kobro.

The building was designed by Hille Melbye architects in a Scandinavian style of concrete, crack of dawn slate and wood of ash characterizes the building. The windows are bullet-proof glass, writes newspaper Dagens Næringsliv.

The decoration is not yet finished, but there is appointed a special committee to do the job.

KEF
January 102,465 +6.3%

OSL in january: 1 503 906 + 8%

1.000 more than CPH had this time last year...

^^ Yep, but this year it's 1,582,496 at CPH (5.3% increase) ;)

Edit: I better post the source too:
http://www.cph.dk/CPH/DK/PRESSE/Nyheder/2012/CPH+indledte+%C3%A5ret+med+v%C3%A6kst.htm

Oslo is coming closer and closer to CPH every year. It wouldn't surprise me if it would become the most frequent Scandinavian airport in a short period of time.

Well, it'll probably happen sooner or later.

I don't view it as a dramatic change or anything. The airports are very different in terms of flight patterns, and Cph's position as major hub in northern europe is far from threatened.

Still, with regards to pax numbers, a lot can happen. Cph received many new finnish passengers this january, due to the deal with Blue1. That's reflected in a major increase in transfer pax. Several of those kinds of deals can boost the numbers for Cph in such degree that Osl won't be able to catch up before expansions. On the other hand, if SAS' position weakens in the future, that'll be a major blow to Kastrup, at least initially.

There are uncertain times, but CPH hasn't really lost anything, even if OSL surpasses them. It'll be a bigger blow if Norwegian knocks SAS out and starts to focus on OSL and ARN as the major hubs. Don't really see that happen for a long, long time though.

Former Tjæreborg Rejser chief, Jens Veino says to takeoff.dk (http://www.takeoff.dk/news/22600) that Norwegian should buy SAS. That would be something.

http://www.dinside.no/890125/norwegian-bor-kjope-sas

Keflavik International Airport in Iceland voted best airport in Europe 2011 (http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2012/02/21/keflavik-international-airport-in-iceland-voted-best-airport-in-europe-2011/)

Video regarding the expansion of OSL

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OSL in february: 1 609 815 + 12.4% ( + 8.4 % adjusted for leap year..)

^^Stockholm almost passing København as the main international destination there... Kastrup needs to bring their game up!:)

Linkie: http://www.osl.no/tridionimages/Trafikkstatistikk%20februar%202012_tcm181-141524.pdf

It's pretty close between OSL and CPH now.

New monthly record at Copenhagen Airport
A significant increase in transfer traffic has strengthened Copenhagen Airport's position as the hub of northern Europe. Copenhagen Airport had more than 1.6 million passengers in February, a 6.5% year-on-year increase.

A total of 1,621,373 passengers travelled through Copenhagen Airport in February, which was a new monthly record for the airport.

The record was achieved due to a significant increase in the number of international passengers by 8.6% and, not least, growth in the number of transfer passengers by as much as 14.3%, mainly driven by a significant increase in traffic from Finland. Conversely, domestic traffic declined.

"Domestic traffic has grown by about 20% over the past three years due to increased competition and resulting in lower fares. However, we have recently seen a decline in domestic traffic due to reductions in the number of frequencies and in capacity," said Carsten Nørland, VP, Sales and Marketing for Copenhagen Airports A/S.

The leap day in February generated some additional traffic – supported by the fact that the previous February record was reached in 2008, which was also a leap year.

Source: http://www.cph.dk/CPH/UK/Newsroom/News/2012/New+monthly+record+at+Copenhagen+Airport.htm

KEF
February 108,486 11.7%

Crazy flying with Norwegian airlines

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First A319 Atlantic Airways, and new livery.
http://img.aviation-friends-hamburg.de/bild.php/2573,9675davyn5079CNTJX.jpg

OSL in March: 1.847.681 + 7.3%

KEF
March: 134 428 +16,3 %

Copenhagen-Kastrup 1.904.759 +7,2%

Only 2,0 % increase in April at OSL: http://www.osl.no/tridionimages/April%202012_tcm181-144096.pdf
1 684 642 passengers in total.

April: Copenhagen-Kastrup: 1.919.884 +5,0%

No. of pax in April + YTD:

Stockholm-Arlanda 1 611 807 +5%, Jan-Apr 6 029 908 +7%
Göteborg-Landvetter 389 941 +1%, Jan-Apr 1 511 427 +6%
Malmö-Sturup 179 089 +19%, Jan-Apr 637 210 +14%

Another bankruptcy in the Scandinavian aviation market, with Skyways/City airline today: http://www.vg.no/reise/artikkel.php?artid=10061982
Arlanda has been theire main hub.

It's a tough market for the small ones right now!

^^It is a tough market for everyone.

:cheers:^^It is a tough market for everyone.

Not everyone. Norwegian do well, and Ryanair just showed their best result ever..