AVIATIONTRENDS STATISTICS, ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION FROM THE SWEDISH TRANSPORT AGENCY 2009 FACTS 28.1 million passengers in scheduled and char- ter traffic at Swedish airports, an increase of 3.4 per cent. 21.3 million passengers in international traffic, an increase of 5.2 per cent, 6.7 million passengers in domestic traffic, a decrease of 2.2 per cent Number of passengers per flight was 74.2. The average amount of passengers on domestic flights was 50.1, and the corresponding number for international traffic was 87.6 per flight. Air-freight to and from Swedish airports during 2008 amounted to just over 185,300 tonnes, a decrease of 13.4 per cent compared with 2007. International freight dropped by 13.5 per cent to 180,700 tonnes. Domestic freight which accounted for 2.5 per cent of the total freight volume, declined by about 9 per cent. There were 392,910 landings which was almost unchanged as compared with 2007. The num- ber of landings in scheduled and charter traffic was 256,604, corresponding to an increase of 2.1 per cent compared with 2007. Stockholm-Arlanda handled 18.1 million pas- sengers, an increase of 1.3 per cent compared with 2007. In absolute numbers, the increase was greatest at Stockholm-Skavsta with 485,000 more passengers during 2008. During 2008, scheduled and non-scheduled commercial traffic was carried out from 41 airports in Sweden. Editor and publisher: Jean-Marie Skoglund,
[email protected] Telephone +46 11 415 21 82 Transportstyrelsen, SE-601 73 Norrköping Sweden Translation: Per-Göte Lundborg AVIATION TRENDS 2009 3 FOREWORD During 2008 the air transport market was affected by the finan- cial crisis and the downturn of the global economy.