Swedavia’s traffic statistics for December and all of 2025: Strong demand for both international and domestic travel
2026-01-07, kl. 12:00
The recovery in air travel continued at Swedavia's ten airports in December and passenger numbers increased by eight per cent compared to 2024. The full year 2025 was characterised by stronger demand for international and domestic travel and during the year a total of eight new airlines and 37 new scheduled routes were established, most of them at Arlanda. After weaker growth in the early part of the year, full-year growth remained at 2 per cent compared with 2024.
- “The strong growth of passengers at our airports continued in December, with a total of eight per cent more travellers than the corresponding month the previous year. At Arlanda, international travel increased by nine per cent and the number of international passengers was thus five per cent more than in December 2019 before the pandemic. It is gratifying that many of both our existing and new airline customers are choosing to continue to invest in the Swedish market and with the expected economic upturn we are positive about developments next year," says Jonas Abrahamsson, Swedavia's President and CEO.
Route development - full year 2025
A total of 37 new scheduled routes have been added in 2025, including 23 routes at Stockholm Arlanda Airport and nine routes at Göteborg Landvetter Airport. During the year, 23 new destinations were opened, including 15 at Arlanda and six at Landvetter. Swedavia also welcomed eight new airlines, four of which established themselves at Arlanda and one at Landvetter. Five new charter destinations were also opened during the year.
December 2025
- Norse Atlantic opened a new route from Stockholm Arlanda to Phuket
- Edelweiss launched a new route from Zurich to Luleå
Freight volumes have also strengthened during the year (up 5 per cent), compared to 2024.
Air travel – December 2025
In December, around 2.5 million passengers flew via Swedavia’s ten airports. That is an increase of eight per cent compared to December 2024. Both international and domestic travel increased by eight per cent during December. All airports, with the exception of Bromma and Malmö, had strong demand for domestic travel compared to December 2024.
During December, a total of just over 1.8 million passengers travelled through Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden's largest airport. This is a 14 per cent increase compared with December 2024. More than 1.5 million passengers travelled internationally, an increase of nine per cent. Domestic travel increased by 40 per cent to just under 330,000 passengers.
Via Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Sweden’s second largest airport, a total of just over 380,000 passengers flew during December. This represents an increase of six per cent compared with December the previous year. International travel increased by six per cent, to approximately 340,000 passengers. Domestic travel also increased by six per cent, reaching 38,000 passengers.
Overall, international travel approached 2019 levels in December 2025. Arlanda, as an individual airport, recorded a five per cent increase in international travel in December compared with 2019.
Overall, approximately two-thirds of domestic travel has been recovered in December 2025 compared to 2019, with significant differences between airports and between northern and southern Sweden. Kiruna and Luleå had a higher demand for domestic travel than in December 2019, with increases of 15 and eight per cent respectively, and at the same time set a record for passenger numbers for the month of December.
Air travel - full year 2025
For all ten of Swedavia's airports, traffic increased by a total of two per cent during the period January-December compared to the full year 2024. International traffic increased by three per cent, while domestic traffic was on a par with the previous year. In 2025, the total number of passengers at Arlanda increased by just under seven per cent compared to the previous year, while Landvetter recorded an increase of just under two per cent.
At Arlanda, international travel increased by just over three per cent, while domestic traffic increased by almost 29 per cent compared to 2024. The strong domestic development at Arlanda is mainly due to the airlines' planning of Stockholm traffic, most of which uses Arlanda.
At Landvetter, the number of international travellers increased by almost three per cent, while domestic travel decreased by around five per cent compared with the previous year.
Airports in northern Sweden showed strong growth in domestic traffic, with Kiruna and Luleå growing by double-digit percentages, at ten per cent and 14 per cent respectively.