Swedavia

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Swedavia AB
Type Aktiebolag
Predecessor Swedish Civil Aviation Administration
Founded1 April 2010 (2010-04-01)
HeadquartersStockholm, ,
OwnerSwedish Government (100%)
Number of employees
3074 (2018) [1]
Website swedavia.com

Swedavia AB is a Swedish state-owned company, which owns and operates ten of Sweden's busiest airports. [1] It has its head office at the air traffic control tower of Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sigtuna Municipality near Stockholm. [2] [3]

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It was formed on 1 April 2010, when the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration was split up, and all commercial airport operation was transferred to Swedavia. Air navigation services continue as a state enterprise under the name LFV (Civil Aviation Administration). In 2010, the number of employees was about 2,600. [1]

Airports

Control tower at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, which has the Swedavia AB head office Arlanda Flightower.jpg
Control tower at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, which has the Swedavia AB head office
Arlanda Airport is operated by Swedavia. Aeroport d'Arlanda - Stockholm0360.JPG
Arlanda Airport is operated by Swedavia.
Swedavia owns and operates: [4] [5]

When the decision was made to form Swedavia, there were 16 nationally owned airports, but it was a part of the decision to transfer six of them to local owners and keep ten large airports. Region Värmland took over the operations of Karlstad Airport in 2010. [6] In 2011, the operations for Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport was transferred to Region Skåne Nordväst [7] and Örnsköldsvik Airport was transferred to Örnsköldsvik Municipality. [8] In 2013 Sundsvall Airport was transferred to local owners. Jönköping Airport and Skellefteå Airport were transferred to local ownership 2009/2010 before Swedavia was formed.

Key figures

2015 [9] 2016 [9]
Net revenue (million)5,4165,546
Operating profit0,9661,755
Passengers (million)37.639.5
Employees2,7872,949

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Swedavia AB". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 September 2010.(subscription required)
  2. "Annual Report and Sustainability Report 2013" (Archive). Swedavia. Retrieved on 27 August 2014. "Swedavia AB 190 45 Stockholm-Arlanda Sweden Visiting address: Tornvägen 1"
  3. "Arbetsmarknadsminister Hillevi Engström besöker Swedavia" (Archive). Government of Sweden. 15 January 2013. Retrieved on 27 August 2014. "Plats: Flygledartornet, Tornvägen 1, Stockholm Arlanda Airport"
  4. "Swedavia's airports". Swedavia. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  5. "Airports in Sweden". Swedavia. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  6. "Karlstad Airport överlämnad till värmlänningarna" (Press release) (in Swedish). Swedavia. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  7. "Swedavia överlämnar Ängelholm Helsingborg Airport" (Press release) (in Swedish). Swedavia. 25 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  8. "Swedavia överlämnar Örnsköldsvik Airport" (Press release) (in Swedish). Swedavia. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  9. 1 2 Jason Holland (14 February 2017). "Swedavia's retail and food & beverage revenue up +1.74% in 2016". Moodiedavittreport.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.