A total of 1.6 million passengers flew through Finnish airports in June 2023

The share of international flights continues to grow

In June, a total of 1.4 million passengers flew through Helsinki Airport and altogether 175,000 passengers flew through other domestic airports. Helsinki Airport accounted for 89 per cent of all passengers at domestic airports.

Eighty-six per cent of the air passengers travelled on international flights and 14 per cent on domestic flights. The share of passengers on international flights was 92 per cent at Helsinki Airport and 36 per cent in total at other domestic airports. Compared to June 2022, the number of passengers was 8 per cent higher at Helsinki Airport and one per cent higher at other domestic airports.

The number of passengers was a third behind the level prior to the corona pandemic. The number of passengers at Helsinki Airport was 32 per cent lower and the combined number of passengers at other domestic airports 39 per cent lower than in June 2019. The year 2019 is used in the statistics as the comparison year to describe the number of air passengers before the pandemic.

Air freight and mail transport totaled 15,817 tonnes in June 2023. In all, 97 per cent of the tonnes were transported through Helsinki Airport and 99 per cent in traffic between Finland and foreign countries. Altogether 7,208 tonnes (46 %) of the transported volume of goods were incoming and 8,610 tonnes (54 %) were outgoing.