Airport charges to rise by 5.7% in Finland from January

Country´s airports operator Finavia will increase airport charges for airlines and other airport users from the beginning of 2025, said Finavia in a press release on Friday.

The authority decided to increase the charges to limit the rapidly widening deficit of the aviation business, which is mainly due to increases in depreciations and costs of energy and materials used.

Finavia has reduced costs and staff heavily past couple of years and will be benefiting from the lower cost base in the future when traffic returns.

Air traffic charges will increase on an average by 5,7% compared to 2024. Passenger charges will increase by on an average by 5,8% and landing charges by 6,7%.

Aircraft parking charges will increase by 4.9% and the security charges for departing passengers by 4,9%.

Finavia increased the Airport charges at the beginning 2024.

Earlier, the airport charges were increased in Finland from the beginning of 2023.

Finavia, also increased the airport charges from beginning of 2022.