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Airport charges to rise by 4.7% from Jan

Published : 31 Oct 2022, 23:24

Updated : 31 Oct 2022, 23:29

  DF Report
Helsinki Airport. File Photo: Finavia.

Country´s airports operator Finavia will increase airport charges for airlines and other airport users from the beginning of 2023, said the company in a press release on Monday.

Finavia, which also increased the airport charges from beginning of 2022, now underlying reasons for the price change are the economic impact of the war in Ukraine and the increase in financing costs as well as increased depreciation due to the investment programme.

AS per the decision, passenger charges will increase by 4.8% and landing charges will increase by an average of 5.1%.

Aircraft parking charges will increase by 3.8% and the electricity infrastructure charge by 4.0%.

Security charges for departing passengers will increase by 4.2%.

In total, air traffic charges will increase by 4.7% compared to 2022.