The demand for air travel continued to strengthen via Swedavia’s 10 airports in May. In total, more than 3.1 million travellers flew through Swedavia’s airports during the month. That was an increase by 3% compared to May 2025. International travel increased by roughly 3% and domestic travel by 2%.
All airports showed an increase in total, although the increase varied locally between the airports. The positive development in May was driven by continued demand for primarily international air travel. International air travel is still to some extent influenced by the current global situation, and above all the situation in the Middle East.
Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden’s largest airport, had more than 2.2 million passengers in May. That is an increase of 2% compared to May last year. International travel increased by just under 3% to nearly 1.9 million passengers, while domestic travel decreased by 2% to about 370,000 passengers.
Göteborg Landvetter Airport handled around 500,000 passengers in May, representing an increase of nearly 4% compared to the same month 2025. International travel increased by nearly 6% to 455,000 passengers, while domestic travel decreased by 10% to 47,000 passengers.
Swedavia’s remaining eight airports all showed a positive trend in May, although with local variations. Visby Airport, followed by Malmö Airport, were two of the three airports which showed the strongest increase compared with the same month last year.
The development in May at Visby Airport was driven by increased domestic travel, while the development at Malmö Airport was driven by increased international travel.
Bromma Stockholm Airport had a total of just over 12,000 passengers in May, corresponding to 5% of pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
New scheduled routes – May and June 2026
Stockholm Arlanda – Shanghai
Stockholm Arlanda – Milano
Stockholm Arlanda – Hamburg
Stockholm Arlanda – Montpellier
Stockholm Arlanda – Basel
Göteborg Landvetter – Lamezia Terma
