Tag: Swedavia
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New record for air traffic from Stockholm to the US
In three years, the number of passengers flying between Stockholm Arlanda Airport and the United States has grown by almost 60 per cent to more than one million passengers a year. As a result, traffic to the US has increased twice as fast as other international traffic from Arlanda. Now it will grow even further,…
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Swedavia and CAH establish Sister Airport Relationship
The Swedish airport operator Swedavia and Capital Airports Holding Company (CAH), the largest airport operator in China, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Establishment of A Sister Airport Relationship in Beijing on 24th February 2016. The MOU establishes extensive collaboration between Stockholm Arlanda Airport and the biggest airport in Asia, Beijing Capital…
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Stockholm Arlanda the first heart-safe airport in the Nordic countries
Stockholm Arlanda Airport has now installed 31 defibrillators and trained its staff in cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). As a result, Stockholm Arlanda is the first Nordic airport to become a eart-safe Heart-Safe Zone. “Our aim is to be on the scene with a defibrillator within three minutes of being alerted that someone is in cardiac…
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14th Wizz Air route from Malmö Airport
Today (18.12) Wizz Air starts servicing an additional route from Malmö Airport. The destination is the university city of Debrecen in Hungary. It will be the airline’s fourteenth route and second Hungarian destination serviced directly from Malmö Airport. Debrecen, a university city located in the eastern part of Hungary, is the country’s second largest city.…
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Swedavia first in the world to have green flights for all its official business travel
Beginning in 2016, all flights for official business purposes at Swedavia will be powered by renewable aviation fuel. “With this decision, we are taking an important step in our environmental work, while showing that renewable aviation fuel belongs to the future,” says Torborg Chetkovich, president and chief executive of Swedavia. Air travel has continuously reduced…
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Stockholm Arlanda Airport selected for US preclearance
Stockholm Arlanda Airport has been selected, as one of ten airports in the world, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (US CBP) to introduce so-called US preclearance. The announcement means that concrete discussions between Sweden and US CBP will begin in order to ease connections between Sweden and the United States. About 650 000 people…