Finavia expands Rovaniemi Airport terminal to meet growing demand from Lapland’s booming tourism industry
Rovaniemi Airport's terminal will grow by 1,000m² to support rising international tourism and enhance passenger experience.
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Rovaniemi Airport's terminal will grow by 1,000m² to support rising international tourism and enhance passenger experience.
European airports exceeded pre-COVID passenger volumes in 2024, with Finland’s recovery lagging due to geopolitical challenges and slower domestic growth.
This week, ACI EUROPE declared the winners for their prestigious awards at the Gala Dinner at their event in Istanbul.
Finavia has achieved this by reducing energy consumption in terminals and ensuring airport vehicles are refuelled with renewable diesel.
Finavia's airports will open a whopping 24 new routes around Europe in the 2023–2024 winter season.
Finavia has completed it's 2.5 million Euros investment of Kuusamo Airport. It included renewing the airports' runway light system and repaving the apron.
Renewals are set to be made at Kuusamo Airport's runway lighting system during the summer and the apron and taxiway.
Finavia has seen the number of passengers travelling through its airports increase by 187% compared to the previous year.
The ‘Towards sustainable air travel’ programme sees the company reducing its carbon emissions as low as is technologically and financially feasible across all of its airports.
The Christmas season is set to begin at Finavia’s airports, with the first charter flights from Europe landing at Ivalo Airport and Kittilä Airport from 25 November 2022.
Introducing carbon-neutral district heating at Rovaniemi Airport supports Finavia's objective to achieve zero net emissions by 2030.
Finavia's Ivalo, Kittilä and Kuusamo airports are now welcoming passengers again, with Tampere–Pirkkala Airport set to re-open in September 2020.
Johan Juujärvi, Manager of Rovaniemi Airport, spoke to International Airport Review regarding the procedures that are in place to tackle winter weather at Finland’s third busiest airport.
Runway resurfacing is required at Kuusamo Airport to repair damage caused by the extreme winter weather in Finland.
As Lapland’s tourism continues to boom, easyJet is providing a new route from London to Rovaniemi, which is scheduled to begin 31st October 2018