Swedavia AB is a Swedish
state-owned company
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a Government, government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn Profit (econom ...
, which owns and operates ten of
Sweden's busiest airports.
It has its head office at the air traffic control tower of
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Stockholm Arlanda Airport is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly south-east of Uppsala. The airport is located within Stockholm County and the p ...
in
Sigtuna Municipality
Sigtuna Municipality (''Sigtuna kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta, approximately north of the Swedish capital, Stockholm.
The municipality is a part of Metropol ...
near
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
.
[Arbetsmarknadsminister Hillevi Engström besöker Swedavia]
Archive
. Government of Sweden. 15 January 2013. Retrieved on 27 August 2014. "Plats: Flygledartornet, Tornvägen 1, Stockholm Arlanda Airport"
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.
Airports
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
Karlstad Airport is situated 16 km (10 mi) from Karlstad city centre in Sweden.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Karlstad Airport:
Statistics
From Transportstyrels ...
in 2010.
In 2011, the operations for
Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport was transferred to ''Region Skåne Nordväst''
and
Örnsköldsvik Airport
Örnsköldsvik Airport , is a regional airport located northeast of Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, at Husum
Husum (, frr, Hüsem) is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The town was the birthplace ...
was transferred to
Örnsköldsvik Municipality
Örnsköldsvik Municipality (, ) is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities, in Västernorrland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Örnsköldsvik. The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the ''City of Örnsk ...
.
In 2013
Sundsvall Airport was transferred to local owners.
Jönköping Airport and
Skellefteå Airport
Skellefteå Airport , is located about 17 km from Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden. Skellefteå Airport is ranked as one of ten largest airports in Sweden in terms of domestic flights.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines opera ...
were transferred to local ownership 2009/2010 before Swedavia was formed.
Key figures
References
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Sigtuna Municipality