History
Turku Airport was Finland's first civilian airport when it was built in Artukainen in 1935 but already 1920s there was water airport in Ruissalo island. Artukainen served as the main airport of Turku until the new airport was built in the current location in 1955. New terminal building was opened opened in 1978. Runway was upgraded to 2500 m in 1980. Air cargo terminal was opened in 1991 as well as air cargo plate. Terminal 1 was renovated and enlarged in 1999. Second passenger terminal aimed for low-cost airlines was opened 2003 and second cargo terminal was opened in 2008. Ryanair operated flights to Brussels-Charleroi, London-Stansted, Málaga and Barcelona-Girona only during the summer season 2012. According to Ryanair the period was very successful but they couldn't tolerate raised airport costs in Finavia operated airport and promised to return all routes as soon as price raise would be withdrawn. During the Ryanair stay in Turku Airport there has been 27% growth on passenger statistics.
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