- Home
- Equities - Stocks - Shares
- Company Press Releases
- Aviation In 2024: Five Percent Overall Growth - Significant Differences Between Airports
Aviation in 2024: Five percent overall growth - significant differences between airports
14 Jan 2025 13:30 CET
Issuer
Avinor AS
In 2024, 51 million passengers traveled to and from Avinor's airports. This is
an increase of five percent compared to 2023. The number of international
travelers increased by nine percent, and domestic travel increased by two
percent last year.
The number of passengers at Avinor's airports throughout 2024 was 95 percent of
the 2019 level. In Europe, the number of passengers was approximately 3 percent
higher than in 2019, and globally, passenger traffic was 6.8 percent higher than
in 2019.
Flight movements at the same level as in 2023
Throughout 2024, there were 618,000 commercial flight movements to and from
Avinor's airports. This is roughly the same level as in 2023 (- one percent). In
December, the number of flight movements was 45,000, an increase of three
percent from 2023.
Norway is an attractive market for tourism
"More and more tourists are coming to Norway for natural experiences such as the
Northern Lights and Norway as a winter destination. The market to and from
abroad has been an important driver for development throughout 2024, and
indirectly for the domestic market," says Abraham Foss, CEO of Avinor.
"The number of visitors to Norway has increased throughout the year and is now
back to the level we saw before the pandemic. Tourism is the most important
driver, and Norway will continue to be an attractive market for foreign
holidaymakers," says Foss. "We see that winter tourism continues to grow, both
in Southern Norway with its significant network of alpine destinations combined
with cities, and in Northern Norway with the Northern Lights and the Arctic as
attractions."
The number of domestic travelers in Norway did not grow as much, and a
significantly weaker growth is expected here than from abroad. The expected
growth will largely come from more foreign tourists traveling domestically in
Norway.
Record-full flights
An important development trend in 2024 has been that flights have been
record-full throughout the year. This is due to weaker capacity development than
demand growth among airlines.
Delivery challenges and technical issues with engines have led to a large number
of aircraft being grounded. The Norwegian market has felt this in the form of
weaker development than some other airports in Europe, which have managed to
attract more capacity from airlines.
We are now facing a year with continued capacity challenges, which again results
in weaker traffic growth expectations than we saw in 2024. For 2025, we expect a
growth of 1.6 percent in travelers, still driven by the international market.
"For Norway's ambitions for tourism development to be realized, we are entirely
dependent on the continuous development of route offerings. Avinor places great
emphasis on this work, through dialogue with the tourism industry and airlines
both nationally and internationally. Airlines must see that it is attractive to
establish routes to Norway. And it is important that Avinor continues to be
self-financed and provide the best services to the industry we serve," explains
Abraham Foss.
December
In December alone, the trend we saw into the winter continued, with strong
growth among foreigners. The growth was a full 13 percent and three percent
domestically.
In terms of volume, Oslo Airport contributes 66 percent of the total growth, but
Tromsø Airport grows the most in percentage (16,5 percent).
Significant differences
The four largest airports all saw an increase in passenger numbers in 2024
compared to 2023. With 26 million passengers, Oslo Airport saw an increase of
five percent.
Next is Bergen Airport with a passenger record in 2024. With 6.5 million
travelers, it is an increase of two percent compared to 2023, and more
passengers than ever before.
Trondheim and Stavanger also had more passengers in 2024 than in 2023, with
increases of two percent and one percent, respectively.
Many airports have lower passenger numbers than in 2019, which was the last
normal year before the pandemic. But Bergen, Tromsø, and 15 other airports had
more travelers than in the previous peak year of 2019.
Record in drone flights
In December, 1007 drone flights were reported in Ninox Drone.
"This is an increase of almost 30 percent compared to December 2023," says Mats
Gjertsen, who leads Avinor's drone program.
"In 2024, a total of 24,282 drone plans were reported, which is almost 10,000
more than in 2023," says Gjertsen.
Link to statistics:
https://avinor.no/en/corporate/about-us/statistics/traffic-statistics
More information:
Access the news on Oslo Bors NewsWeb site
Source
Avinor AS
Provider
Oslo Børs Newspoint
Company Name
Avinor AS 13/28 4,45%, Avinor AS 20/31 2,38%, Avinor AS 20/26 FRN
ISIN
NO0010675903, NO0010881238, NO0010881246
Market
Oslo Børs