Project part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) within the BSR INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme.

 

   
  About WP 1 Regional aviation
 
  Regional aviation across the borders is the most weakly developed mode of transport in the Barents region. The few existing cross-border flight connections are on the verge of closing down, which would be detrimental to regional integration including social and business contacts. Existing cross-border flights are

  • Luleå-Murmansk
  • Luleå-Tromsö

For revitalising the regional flight services a determined collaboration between the stakeholders in the regional aviation must be launched.

STBR, phase 1, studied the demand and commercial feasibility of cross-border air transport in the Barents region. Current difficulties were identified to stem from uncertain services resulting in low passenger volumes. STBR II intends to take a practical step forward and use a real case of a regional air service between either of

  • Sweden-Finland-Russia/Murmansk or
  • Luleå-Tromsö.

The objectives are to identify obstacles to opening of regular flights and to find ways for establishing the service on a permanent basis. A working group between aviation administrators, airport officials, flight operators and tourism agencies is created, which will explore the following:

  1. How to secure flight connections across the borders, particularly to and from Russia?

  2. How to eliminate administrative and regulatory obstacles?

As a last activity, a program of marketing measures, particularly among travel agencies, will be launched.
   
  WP contact
 
 

Tuomo Palokangas
Council of Oulu region
   
  WP Steering Group
 
 
  • Tuomo Palokangas, Council of Oulu Region
  • Kallax Luleå Airport
  • Martti Miettinen, Beata Secretariat
  • Martti Oinas, Finavia North/Rovaniemi Airport
  • Pekka Mäntynen, Finavia/Oulu Airport
  • Vitali Halikov, Regional Aviation Administration, North-West district
  • Timo Rautajoki, Barents Euro-Arctic Chamber of Commerce
  • Marko Mäenpää, STBR II Secretariat
 

 

  Updated: 25.6.2007