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Dec 04, 2015 (newstodate): Passenger volumes are building up at the Faroe Islands' Vagar Airport in 2015. But it relies almost exclusively on one carrier..
The airport reports a solid all-year growth in 2015, with passenger volumes up by 10.7 percent in January-November 2015, to a total of 259,996 passengers. November alone proved another solid success with a growth in pax volumes by 17.1 percent, y-o-y, to 17,496.
-Compared to our passenger statistics, Atlantic Airways accounts for some 95 percent of all passengers, with over 250,000 out of our total of 260,000 so far into the year, says Jakup Sverri Kass, Vagar Airport CEO.
-As for ad-hoc flights, the solar eclipse earlier this year did indeed generate much one-off traffic, but we have actually seen over-all growth in this segment in 2015, mostly with small aircraft seating 15-20 passengers, but also on larger aircraft.
-We have, among others, seen more ad-hoc charters from Russia, including flights by Nordavia carrying tourists through Vagar Airport with Boeing 737-700 aircraft.
-Nordwind flies into Vagar for crew shift and then departs again without embarking or disembarking passengers here.
-But apart from this, we have not, unfortunately, had any other ad-hoc charters into the airport, says Mr Kass.
With attractive incentives and strong state support in marketing efforts, the airport is working hard to attract new airline operators after the thorough make-over of the airport infrastructure including new satellite precision airnav capabilities and an extended runway allowing for traffic by aircraft including Airbus A320 Family and Boeing 737 aircraft.
The airport reports a solid all-year growth in 2015, with passenger volumes up by 10.7 percent in January-November 2015, to a total of 259,996 passengers. November alone proved another solid success with a growth in pax volumes by 17.1 percent, y-o-y, to 17,496.
-Compared to our passenger statistics, Atlantic Airways accounts for some 95 percent of all passengers, with over 250,000 out of our total of 260,000 so far into the year, says Jakup Sverri Kass, Vagar Airport CEO.
-As for ad-hoc flights, the solar eclipse earlier this year did indeed generate much one-off traffic, but we have actually seen over-all growth in this segment in 2015, mostly with small aircraft seating 15-20 passengers, but also on larger aircraft.
-We have, among others, seen more ad-hoc charters from Russia, including flights by Nordavia carrying tourists through Vagar Airport with Boeing 737-700 aircraft.
-Nordwind flies into Vagar for crew shift and then departs again without embarking or disembarking passengers here.
-But apart from this, we have not, unfortunately, had any other ad-hoc charters into the airport, says Mr Kass.
With attractive incentives and strong state support in marketing efforts, the airport is working hard to attract new airline operators after the thorough make-over of the airport infrastructure including new satellite precision airnav capabilities and an extended runway allowing for traffic by aircraft including Airbus A320 Family and Boeing 737 aircraft.