founded 1991 headquarters helsinki vantaa airport vantaa finland 60 18 56 n 024 57 55 e 60.31556 n 24.96528 e 60.31556 ; 24.96528 coordinates 60 18 56 n 024 57 55 e 60.31556 n 24.96528 e 60.31556 ; 24.96528 area served finavia revenue 353.1 million 2015 operating income 55.7 million 2015 number of employees 2 963 december 31 2015 parent government of finland 100 % website finavia.fi home finavia head office finavia finnish finavia oyj swedish finavia abp the former finnish civil aviation administration is a limited corporation owned fully by the finnish state . finavia is responsible for maintaining and developing its 22 airports and finland s air navigation system . 1 in 2015 the passengers volume at finavia s airports was over 20 million passengers . 2 helsinki airport is finavia s main airport . in 2015 over 16 million passengers traveled through the helsinki airport . 3 finavia s headquarters are located at the helsinki airport . kari savolainen has been finavia s ceo since january 2012 . 4 the ministry of transport and communications is responsible for finavia s ownership steering . contents 1 operations 2 network 2.1 helsinki airport 3 snowhow 4 references 5 see also 6 external links operations edit finavia s customers are airlines other operators in the sector and passengers . finavia s main business units are helsinki airport airport network air navigation services and passenger services . finavia s is supported by group companies lentoasemakiinteist t oyj a real estate company and airpro oy a company providing ground services for airports and airlines . in addition finavia owns avia college which is the only educational institution in finland offering a basic degree in air traffic control citation needed . finavia s main services for airlines and passengers are airports airport services maintenance of runways and terminals ramp handling and security check services . air navigation services control the use of finnish airspace provides the related en route services and air navigation services at finavia s airports . real estate operations through lentoasemakiinteist t oyj leasing commercial premises at the airports and in their vicinity . airpro ground services and security check services for air traffic . network edit the airport network supported and developed by finavia consists of 23 airports in finland 16 civilian airports four joint operation airports and three military airports . 5 finavia s largest civilian airports by number of passengers are helsinki airport oulu tampere pirkkala turku and rovaniemi . 6 in 2015 passenger volumes at finavia s airports reached 20.1 million passengers representing an increase of 2.0 percent from 2014 . passenger volumes at helsinki airport in 2015 were 16.4 million passengers up 3.0 percent from 2014 . helsinki airport edit helsinki airport is finavia s main airport and the biggest airport in finland . 7 helsinki airport opened in july 1952 for the 1952 summer olympics held in helsinki . helsinki airport passenger volumes have risen steadily . in 1988 helsinki airport handled around six million passengers annually . from 9.7 million passengers in 2003 passenger volumes have grown to 16.4 million in 2015 . 8 finavia aims to strengthen the position of helsinki airport in transit passenger traffic between europe and asia and to increase the number of direct connections to europe . 9 at helsinki airport finavia wants to provide quick transit times and aircraft turnaround times cost effectively and to provide quality passenger services and airport experience . helsinki airport s minimum transit time of 35 minutes is among the shortest in europe . 10 according to finavia s survey as many as one in every three passengers select their flight route based on the transit airport . 11 airline passengers have several times chosen helsinki airport as one of the best airports in europe . 12 in 2013 skytrax world airport ranking chose helsinki airport as the best airport in northern europe . in addition the aci international airport service quality 2012 survey showed that customer satisfaction at helsinki airport improved in nearly all surveyed areas . 13 finavia implemented airport cdm collaborative decision making to helsinki airport october 2012 . cdm is a procedure by eurocontrol european organization for safety of air navigation . airport cdm develops airport operation by increasing co operation between partners at the airport . 14 airport cdm aims to reduce costs achieve lower emissions improve punctuality of operations and increase customer satisfaction in the airport . helsinki airport was the seventh european and first north european airport to adopt airport cdm . 15 in october 2013 finavia received a capital injection of 200 million euros from the finnish government . the investment enables finavia to start the development programme worth of 900 million euros at helsinki airport . the aim of the investment is to maintain the strong position of helsinki airport in transit traffic between europe and asia . the development programme started in january 2014 and lasts until 2020 . 16 the development program is expected to have an employment impact of 14 000 person years . helsinki airport is expected to have 20 million passengers each year in the early 2020s when there will also be about 5 000 new permanent jobs in different companies operating at the airport . 17 snowhow edit finavia s airports are recognized for their snowhow which means expertise on dealing with harsh snow conditions at airports . finavia invests especially in the 24 7 availability of winter weather and airfield maintenance . 18 the unusually large snowfalls in winter 2010 2011 in europe brought chaos to many airports in central europe with many airports shutting down temporarily . in spite of these snowfalls finavia s airports remained operational throughout winter 2010 2011 . finavia and helsinki airport s snowhow has also been recognized by other european airport operators . 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on 20 february 2014 7 . eurocontrol helsinki vantaa goes a cdm . retrieved on 20 february 2014 8 . finavia cdm . retrieved on 20 february 2014 9 . airport world . retrieved on 11 april 2014 10 . finavia . retrieved on 11 april 2014 11 . bbc how helsinki airport deals with snow and ice . retrieved on 20 february 2014 12 . finavia annual report 2011 p. 8 . retrieved on 20 february 2014 see also edit finland portal aviation portal list of the largest airports in the nordic countries external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title finavia & oldid 714015610 categories airport operatorstransport companies of finlandair navigation service providershidden categories coordinates not on wikidataarticles containing finnish language textarticles containing swedish language textall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in 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