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After sixty-six years, of which approximately half under Linjeflyg's auspices, SAS is now discontinuing air traffic between Kalmar Öland Airport and Stockholm Arlanda. Traffic will cease from 13 August this year. According to SAS, the background to the decision is weak profitability on the line.

As of April 6th, direct flights between Kalmar and Frankfurt, Germany will again be possible. The summer timetable includes two departures a week, departing from Kalmar on Monday morning and Thursday evening.

Travel fever is a fact among Swedes and Kalmar residents are no exception. Sales from Kalmar Öland Airport have increased by 143 percent compared to the month before. In the last month, more trips have also been sold compared to the corresponding period in 2020, and occupancy is now almost at the same levels as before the pandemic. The sports holiday trips are almost sold out and ahead of Easter the trips are being booked at a rapid pace. A summer novelty is Croatia, which is back in the program.

In the past few days, SAS released a traffic program with several exciting news in the form of new destinations and several departures on already existing routes, including Kalmar.

Next summer, it will once again be possible for all small islanders who are hungry for Croatia to travel directly to Split from Kalmar Öland Airport. The last time Ving offered Croatia from Kalmar was in 2018, but in the summer of 2023 the eyes will again be turned towards the popular tourist country in the Balkans. In addition, Ving also offers direct charters to Mallorca and Rhodes from Kalmar.

A much faster recovery of travel than predicted in the wake of the pandemic is positive for the industry. At the same time, this is the case at many airports around Europe, where a lack of staff makes it difficult to deliver both service and punctuality.

As part of Kalmar Öland Airport's new website, Airport Live is now being launched, a unique platform that provides the traveler with a wide range of real-time information about what is happening at the airport.

German Lufthansa Group already has traffic to Stockholm Arlanda and Gothenburg Landvetter in Sweden. Since September 2021, Kalmar Öland Airport will also be operated. That a regional airport like Kalmar has direct traffic to Germany's largest airport and hub Frankfurt - and with a Lufthansa company - is nothing short of unique! Now that we have, after easing restrictions, communicated the restart of the line, there are several of you who have asked questions or expressed wishes about timetables and destinations to us. We therefore want to take the opportunity and tell a little more about the background to Frankfurt and how airline development generally works.

On Tuesday 29 June, the airline BRA will resume its flights between Kalmar and Bromma - Stockholm's city airport. "It feels fantastic to be able to return to Kalmar and welcome our customers on board again," says BRA´'s new CEO Ulrika Matsgård

With a planned start on 19 September 2021, it will be possible to fly directly between Kalmar and Germany's largest airport and hub, Frankfurt. The route will be operated by Air Dolomiti, the Lufthansa Group's Italian airline.

After a one-year hiatus, it will now again be possible to fly from Kalmar to the Pyrenean ski resorts of Andorra and Baqueira-Beret. It is the Swedish player Quality Travel that arranges the trip to the popular winter destinations.

Major changes in the business environment have meant that the airport in Kalmar sees a need to update its primary long-term policy instrument. In order to be able to meet the many new challenges - and capture the potential opportunities - Kalmar Öland Airport will therefore carry out a new vision process during January-March 2021.

Friday's fuel delivery to Kalmar Öland Airport may look like any other fuel delivery. This time, however, half of the tanker's cargo is again biojet fuel, ie a type of fossil-free aviation fuel that will play a crucial role in ensuring that aviation contributes to achieving climate goals. This time it is air travelers and companies who, by buying biofuel for their flights from the non-profit organization Fly Green Fund, have made delivery possible.

Within the framework of the environmental project Green Airport, Kalmar Öland Airport has mapped its climate impact. Together with 24 other regional airports in Sweden, common goals have been set to further reduce both carbon dioxide emissions and energy use and increase their circular flows. Kalmar Öland Airport has had ongoing environmental work for the conversion for many years. The airport sees the climate project Green Airport as a valuable opportunity to exchange experiences with other project participants, but also wants to take on the role of inspirer to benefit other airports' environmental change.

As an effect of the sharp decline in air traffic and the number of passengers, as a result of Corona, Kalmar Öland Airport has today submitted notice of dismissal of a total of 11 full-time employees.

As of June 8, SAS will start operating Kalmar Öland Airport again. For a start, it is about a daily arrival and departure, Monday to Friday.

goTO Nordics AB, based in Kalmar and sales office in Skellefteå, announced on May 26 that it will file for bankruptcy. It is the effects of the Corona virus that have affected the company.

That was the message when Member of Parliament Anders Åkesson (C), together with party colleagues Anders Andersson and Ingemar Einarsson, today spoke with the airport's CEO, Ronny Lindberg, during a press conference at an otherwise empty echoing airport.

The corona crisis is hitting society and the aviation industry extremely hard. The Swedish airline BRA is now applying for reorganization to protect the company from bankruptcy. A reconstruction creates respite for controlled planning for a future business. BRA's ambition is to gradually restart the company and air traffic again after the summer, as the conditions for operating flights improve.

As an effect of greatly reduced air traffic to and from Kalmar Öland Airport, the airport has decided to short-term lay off all operational personnel with 60 %. The decision enters into force on March 24 and is valid until June 7.