Turku Airport, (IATA: TKU, ICAO: EFTU), is located some 8 kilometers from Turku, Finland. It serves approximately 300,000 passengers per year, being the fifth biggest (by number of passengers) airport in Finland. The IATA airport code is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Location within Finland Turku (Swedish: Åbo listen, Latin: Aboa) is a city in Finland, founded in the 13th century. ...
Finnair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Finnair A320-200 Finnair is Finlands biggest airline and the national flag carrier. ... Scandinavian Airlines System, now SAS AB, was founded in 1946 when the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway formed a partnership to handle intercontinental traffic to Scandinavia. ...
Finnair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Finnair A320-200 Finnair is Finlands biggest airline and the national flag carrier. ... Scandinavian Airlines System, now SAS AB, was founded in 1946 when the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway formed a partnership to handle intercontinental traffic to Scandinavia. ... Blue1 is an airline based in Finland and is the new name for the former Air Botnia, owned by SAS. It is the first regional member of Star Alliance, since 2004. ... DHL Logo DHL van DHL Boeing 757 DHL was founded in 1969 by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn, as a courier service between San Francisco and Honolulu. ... TNT Air Cargo is an international cargo airline that operates from Papua New Guinea. ...
External link
Official site (http://www.ilmailulaitos.fi/airport_turku)
Turku is the fifth largest city in Finland, with a population of about 175,000, and is located in the south-west of the country at the mouth of the Aura river.
Turku is the capital city of both the region of Finland Proper and the province of Western Finland.
TurkuAirport is located eight kilometres to the north of the city centre, partly in the neighbouring municipality of Rusko.
In judging the Airport Of The Year, importance was also given to a job satisfaction survey among the staff which looked at the atmosphere at each airport, the work of the supervisors and plans for advancement.
The prize cup for Airport Of The Year, designed by Heikki Orvola, as well as a cash prize to be used for staff entertainment, were presented to TurkuAirport manager, Antero Mero.