A total of 1.7 million passengers flew through Finnish airports in May 2025
According to Statistics Finland, altogether 1.7 million passengers flew through Finnish airports in May 2025. The total number of passengers increased by 6 per cent compared to May 2024. The number of passengers on domestic flights increased by 2 per cent and on international flights by 6 per cent from the previous year.
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- In May 2025, Helsinki Airport accounted for 89 per cent of all air traffic passengers at domestic airports.
- Of air traffic passengers, 1.4 million travelled on international flights.
- The number of passengers increased, but the number of freight and mail transports decreased from May 2024.
The share of international flights continued to grow
In May 2025, a total of 1.5 million passengers flew through Helsinki Airport and altogether 180,000 passengers flew through other domestic airports. Compared to May 2024, the total number of passengers was 6 per cent higher at Helsinki Airport and one per cent lower at other domestic airports.
Eighty-six per cent of the air traffic passengers travelled on international flights and 14 per cent on domestic flights in May 2025. The share of passengers on international flights was 92 per cent at Helsinki Airport and 35 per cent in total at other domestic airports. Of all passengers, 96 per cent travelled on scheduled flights.
In May 2025, air freight and mail transport totalled 14,410 tonnes. In all, 98 per cent of the tonnes were transported through Helsinki Airport and one hundred per cent in traffic between Finland and foreign countries. Altogether 6,241 tonnes (43 %) of the transported volume of goods were incoming and 8,169 tonnes (57 %) were outgoing.
In January-May 2025, a total of 8.2 million passengers flew through Finnish airports, which was 6 per cent more than in 2024 during the same period. From the beginning of 2025 the volume of freight and mail transport totalled 73,540 tonnes, which was 3 per cent less than in January to May 2024.
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