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Vaasa Airport (Finnish: Vaasan lentoasema, Swedish: Vasa flygplats) (IATA: VAA, ICAO: EFVA) is located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south-east of Vaasa city centre. It is the 5th biggest airport in Finland in terms of passengers. In 2007, 321,928 passengers traveled via the airport. In 2005, and again in 2008[2], Vaasa Airport was chosen as the Airport of the Year in Finland. Regular users of Vaasa airport are Blue1, Finnair and Finncomm Airlines. The airport is also served by several charters with destinations to Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Greece, Spain, Turkey and Thailand.
[edit] Statistics
Annual passenger statistics for Vaasa Airport [3]
| Year |
Domestic |
International |
Total |
Change |
| 2000 |
227,523 |
98,851 |
326,374 |
4.2% |
| 2001 |
216,409 |
95,651 |
312,060 |
−4.4% |
| 2002 |
194,651 |
74,466 |
269,117 |
−13.8% |
| 2003 |
169,088 |
79,836 |
248,924 |
−7.5% |
| 2004 |
166,836 |
94,480 |
261,316 |
5.0% |
| 2005 |
178,378 |
118,886 |
297,264 |
13.8% |
| 2006 |
195,045 |
111,106 |
306,151 |
3.0% |
| 2007 |
213,833 |
108,095 |
321,928 |
5.2% |
| 2008 |
234,447 |
108,948 |
343,395 |
6.7% |
[edit] Airlines and destinations
[edit] Scheduled flights
- Blue1 (Helsinki, Stockholm) (some flights to Stockholm are operated by Air Express, after March 30:th all flights to Stockholm will be operated by Air Express).
- Finnair (Helsinki)
- Finncomm Airlines (Helsinki)
[edit] Charter flights (autumn 2008 - spring 2009)
- Atlasjet (Antalya)
- Bulgaria Air (Varna)
- Finnair (Antalya, Bangkok, Chania, Kos, Kuressaare, Penang, Phuket, Rhodos)
- Freebird Airlines (Antalya)
- Pegasus Airlines (Antalya)
- Primera Air (Mallorca, Monastir)
- Spanair (Las Palmas, Mallorca, Tenerife)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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