The event was marked at Gardermoen in the afternoon, when the sweethearts Ingrid Heggdal (24) and Sondre Schmidt-Hanssen (25) were passengers number 50 million – and presented with a travel voucher for 10,000 dollars from Avinor President & CEO Dag Falk-Petersen.
– We are heading to Stavanger to celebrate New Year with friends. There it pinnekjøtt and champagne. Yes, guess whether there will be champagne now then, laughing Ingrid Heggdal.
Both she and her boyfriend are from Drammen, but both live in Trondheim, where they study. Together they travel by plane about 20 times a year, but what kind of travel they should use the gift card, they will think a little about, they say.
Growth of 10 million
Since 2009, the number of passengers at Avinor 46 airports grew by 10 million.
– This is a formidable figure, and how important a well-developed flight across the country for business and population in Norway, says Falk-Petersen.
He points to Aftenposten on two main reasons for the good growth in the last decade:
That both Norwegian and SAS has focused hard on the Norwegian market, and that Norway has done well throughout the economic crisis in Europe. The last has drawn many new foreign companies to Norway and increased route network further.
He adds that in a cyclical industry like aviation, will not follow a straight trend line.
– We are seeing a leveling off in traffic at the moment, but forecasts tell us that traffic will rise in the long term. Then it is also important that we as an industry do what we can to contribute to sustainable growth. We have a good process biofuels, while the Norwegian airlines a new, energy-efficient fleet. It is well positioned to meet the challenges ahead, says Falk-Petersen.
Affected by the disaster in Asia
While Avinor to mark traffic record, played the strong scenes after AirAsia accident in the waters off Indonesia.
– We who work with aviation belongs to everyone an international family, and an accident like this affects us all. It is also important to emphasize that aviation is the safest form of transport in the world, says Falk-Petersen.
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