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Strong recovery for Skellefteå Airport

In 2022, 267,516 travelers traveled to or from Skellefteå, which is 139,078 more travelers compared to 2021. The number of domestic travelers amounted to 259,844, which is an increase of 132,107. This means that the number of domestic travelers was only
5,608 fewer than the number of passengers the airport had in 2019 before the corona pandemic.

Skellefteå Airport is one of the airports in Sweden that has recovered the fastest after the corona pandemic. Now that the 2022 traffic figures have been presented, they show that the airport only had -5,608 (-2.1%) domestic passengers compared to the number of passengers the airport had the year before the corona pandemic. The number of international travelers in 2022 was 7,672, which is 6,971 more than in 2021 but 13,955 fewer than in the normal year 2019. In total, 267,516 travelers traveled to or from Skellefteå last year, which is 139,078 (+108.3%) more than in 2021 and -19,563 (-5.1%) than in 2019.

– We are very grateful for the rapid recovery. The Skellefteå region is in an expansive phase with many investment projects and a great need for good air communications. 2023 currently looks very positive with strong expansions in both domestic and international traffic, says Robert Lindberg, CEO of Skellefteå Airport.

For more information:

Robert Lindberg
CEO
Skelleftea Airport
+46 70 551 70 75
robert.lindberg@sft.se

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