Type Aktiebolag Founded 1 April 2010 | Website swedavia.com Number of employees 2,600 (2010) | |
CEO Karl Wistrand (18 Dec 2015–) Predecessor Civil Aviation Administration Parent organization Civil Aviation Administration Headquarters Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden, Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden, Sweden | ||
Swedavia AB is a Swedish nationally owned company, which owns and operates the major airports of Sweden. It has its head office at the airport control tower on the grounds of Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Sigtuna Municipality, near Stockholm.
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It was formed on 1 April 2010, when the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration was split up, and all commercial airport operation was transferred to the new Swedavia company. Air navigation services continues as a state enterprise under the name LFV (Civil Aviation Administration). In 2010, the number of employees was about 2,600.
Torborg chetkovics ceo of swedavia
Airports
When the decision was made to form Swedavia, there were 16 nationally owned airports, but it was a part of the decision to transfer six of them to local owners and keep ten large airports. Region Värmland took over the operations of Karlstad Airport in 2010. In 2011, the operations for Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport was transferred to Region Skåne Nordväst and Örnsköldsvik Airport was transferred to Örnsköldsvik Municipality. In 2013 Sundsvall Airport was transferred to local owners. Jönköping Airport and Skellefteå Airport were transferred to local ownership 2009/2010 before Swedavia was formed.