Passenger number reduces by 91% at Finnish airports in Jan

A total of 179,304 passengers went through Finnish airports in January this year, which was 91 per cent fewer than that 12 months ago, according to the Statistics Finland.

There were 132,253 passengers at Helsinki Airport and a total of 47,051 passengers at other domestic airports. Helsinki Airport accounted for 74 per cent of all passengers at domestic airports.

In January 2021, the number of passengers at Helsinki Airport decreased by 92 per cent and the combined number of passengers at other domestic airports went down by 88 per cent compared to that in January 2020.

About 50 per cent of the passengers were from international flights and the other 50 per cent from domestic flights. The share of passengers on international flights was 67 per cent at Helsinki Airport and four per cent in total at other domestic airports.