The coronavirus pandemic is putting airports under severe pressure. According to the Swedish Transport Agency's passenger forecast, covering the years 2020-2026, a decrease in the number of passengers at Swedish airports by 74 percent is predicted for 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Camilla Leijon, CEO of Link\u00f6ping Airport, likens the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic to ball sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 The uncertainty is like playing volleyball all the time and constantly hitting the ball into the goal, she tells SVT Nyheter \u00d6st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently, there is one departure per day from Link\u00f6ping Airport. For a short period, the airport was able to handle up to two flights, but as the spread of infection picked up pace again, they have now gone back down to one flight per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 We started losing passengers in March, and on 21 March KLM cancelled its flights from us. Then it was out of service until 3 August when they restarted with one flight per day. We had two flights in September but are back to one flight now, says Camilla Lejon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, she says that the number of passengers has increased recently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 To begin with, we could only have 20 passengers on board, now we have an average of 40 passengers, and on some flights up to 70, she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Staff at Link\u00f6ping Airport have been placed on short-term furloughs to a greater or lesser extent, and adjustments are constantly being made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Uncertainty is something we've had to learn to live with, says Camilla Lejon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Swedish Transport Agency, air traffic will not have recovered to the same levels as before the pandemic by 2026. However, Camilla Lejon sees a slightly brighter picture for Link\u00f6ping Airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 I think we will recover faster than average, says Camilla Lejon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: svt.se<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Coronapandemin s\u00e4tter flygplatserna under h\u00e5rd press. Enligt Transportstyrelsens passagerarprognos, som omfattar \u00e5ren 2020-2026, f\u00f6rutsp\u00e5s en minskning av antalet passagerar p\u00e5 de svenska flygplatserna med 74 procent under 2020. Camilla Leijon som \u00e4r vd f\u00f6r Link\u00f6pings flygplats liknar os\u00e4kerheten kring pandemin likt bollsport. \u2013 Os\u00e4kerheten \u00e4r som att spela volley hela tiden och st\u00e4ndigt skjuta bollen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[85,312,3280],"class_list":["post-237109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-report","tag-flyg","tag-tag-flygplats","tag-linkopings-flygplats"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n