A total of 1.5 million passengers flew through Finnish airports in May 2023

Eighty-five per cent of the air passengers travelled on international flights

In May, a total of 1.4 million passengers flew through Helsinki Airport and altogether 180 000 passengers flew through other domestic airports. Helsinki Airport accounted for 88 per cent of all passengers at domestic airports.

Eighty-five per cent of the air passengers travelled on international flights and 15 per cent on domestic flights. The share of passengers on international flights was 91 per cent at Helsinki Airport and 34 per cent in total at other domestic airports. Compared to May 2022, the number of passengers was 19 per cent higher at Helsinki Airport and 4 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 30 per cent lower and the combined number of passengers at other domestic airports 44 per cent lower than in May 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 15,267 tonnes in May 2023. In all, 99 per cent of the tonnes were transported through Helsinki Airport and 99 per cent in traffic between Finland and foreign countries. Altogether 7,311 tonnes (48 %) of the transported volume of goods were incoming and 7,956 tonnes (52 %) were outgoing.