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Göteborg Landvetter to become a major Swedish hub for flights to Europe
10-02-02
Gothenburg-based City Airline is starting flights between Göteborg Landvetter Airport and some ten regional Swedish airports, including Växjö, Örebro, Borlänge, Norrköping and Karlstad. Synchronised departures for the new domestic routes will be established with connecting flights to over 40 destinations in Europe. The initiative can create several thousand new jobs in the regions, reduce travelling times considerably, and provide new stimulation for regional development.
The new routes were presented by City Airline, Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Region Västra Götaland and Göteborg & Co at a joint news conference at the airport today. The Landvetter hub will offer travellers from much of Sweden the opportunity for rapid travel to Europe. A journey from Karlstad to Paris, for example, incorporating a short stopover at Göteborg Landvetter, will take about three hours and cost SEK 995. It is planned that all routes will start operating in the autumn of 2010.
Göteborg Landvetter Airport - the hub: "Göteborg Landvetter is investing approximately SEK 100 million in the project during the next two years in order to create fast and convenient travel for passengers", says Olle Sundin, airport manager at Göteborg Landvetter Airport.
Dr. Ossian Stiernstrand, research and development manager at Göteborg & Co, has calculated that the increase in passengers through the regions will create several thousand new job opportunities, in the long term. The increase in annual turnover for the tourist industry in the regions may amount to SEK 5 billion, when the project is fully up and running. Over 4.2 million people live in the catchment areas served by the new domestic routes. It is City Airline's goal to reach 1.2 million passengers during 2011.
Each new domestic route will be operated by a regional subsidiary of City Airline, partly owned by companies and individuals in the locality. Owners for the regional subsidiaries include Torsten Jansson and Göran Härstedt (Härstedt & Jansson Invest AB) in Air Växjö, and Löfbergs Lila and Färjestad Hockey in Air Karlstad. Investment AB Janus, which is owned by Lars Magnusson, will invest approximately SEK 50 million in the regional subsidiaries and a further SEK 25 million in City Airline.
"Göteborg Landvetter will unite some ten regions in Scandinavia with many destinations throughout Europe. This will stimulate the whole Gothenburg and Västra Götaland region, and it will boost tourism and business throughout Sweden. We believe that passenger numbers will rise quickly due to the large number of potential passengers in the catchment areas and the speed we offer. This will mean that the operation will become profitable as early as the second quarter of 2011", says Finn Johnsson, chairman of the City Airline board.
Destinations and typical fares:
The following destinations are included in the initiative:
Example fare: A short domestic flight from Västerås to Landvetter will cost SEK 395, and from Karlstad to Paris SEK 995.
The new routes were presented by City Airline, Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Region Västra Götaland and Göteborg & Co at a joint news conference at the airport today. The Landvetter hub will offer travellers from much of Sweden the opportunity for rapid travel to Europe. A journey from Karlstad to Paris, for example, incorporating a short stopover at Göteborg Landvetter, will take about three hours and cost SEK 995. It is planned that all routes will start operating in the autumn of 2010.
Göteborg Landvetter Airport - the hub: "Göteborg Landvetter is investing approximately SEK 100 million in the project during the next two years in order to create fast and convenient travel for passengers", says Olle Sundin, airport manager at Göteborg Landvetter Airport.
Dr. Ossian Stiernstrand, research and development manager at Göteborg & Co, has calculated that the increase in passengers through the regions will create several thousand new job opportunities, in the long term. The increase in annual turnover for the tourist industry in the regions may amount to SEK 5 billion, when the project is fully up and running. Over 4.2 million people live in the catchment areas served by the new domestic routes. It is City Airline's goal to reach 1.2 million passengers during 2011.
Each new domestic route will be operated by a regional subsidiary of City Airline, partly owned by companies and individuals in the locality. Owners for the regional subsidiaries include Torsten Jansson and Göran Härstedt (Härstedt & Jansson Invest AB) in Air Växjö, and Löfbergs Lila and Färjestad Hockey in Air Karlstad. Investment AB Janus, which is owned by Lars Magnusson, will invest approximately SEK 50 million in the regional subsidiaries and a further SEK 25 million in City Airline.
"Göteborg Landvetter will unite some ten regions in Scandinavia with many destinations throughout Europe. This will stimulate the whole Gothenburg and Västra Götaland region, and it will boost tourism and business throughout Sweden. We believe that passenger numbers will rise quickly due to the large number of potential passengers in the catchment areas and the speed we offer. This will mean that the operation will become profitable as early as the second quarter of 2011", says Finn Johnsson, chairman of the City Airline board.
Destinations and typical fares:
The following destinations are included in the initiative:
- Karlstad
- Örebro
- Växjö
- Norrköping
- Borlänge
- Malmö
- Västerås
- Oslo
- Manchester
- Birmingham
- Lyon
- Prague
- Helsinki
- Zürich
- Tallinn
- Luleå
- Sundsvall
- Nice
- Åre/Östersund
- Visby
- Palma
- Alicante
- Rome
- Barcelona
- Milan
- Malaga
- Athens
Example fare: A short domestic flight from Västerås to Landvetter will cost SEK 395, and from Karlstad to Paris SEK 995.
Foto: Marcus Lundstedt