Stockholm Arlanda and Göteborg Landvetter each recorded their highest international passenger numbers for October in 2026, as international traffic grew across Swedavia’s Swedish airport network. Arlanda handled 1,858,425 international passengers, up 2% year on year, while Landvetter served 482,501, a 6% increase. Across Swedavia’s ten airports, international traffic rose 3% to 2.40 million passengers, helping lift total traffic by 2% to just over 3.1 million.
The increase was concentrated in international travel: domestic traffic across the network fell 4% compared with October 2025. At Landvetter, domestic passengers declined 7%, partly offsetting international growth. Arlanda’s total traffic was broadly unchanged at about 2.23 million, with an 8% fall in domestic passengers.
Swedavia described international demand as strong but noted that global uncertainty and high fuel prices could affect airlines’ capacity plans. Its winter 2026/27 programme includes a China Eastern service between Arlanda and Shanghai and an Etihad Airways route between Landvetter and Abu Dhabi. These route details are separate from the October results and do not establish what drove the monthly records.
Results varied among the operator’s regional airports. Malmö’s total traffic rose 12% year on year, Visby’s increased 9% and Kiruna’s grew 8%; Luleå returned to its pre-pandemic traffic level.