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Sandefjord Airport
Airport Directory » Norway » Oslo » Sandefjord AirportSandefjord Airport, Torp (Norwegian: Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp) (IATA: TRF, ICAO: ENTO) is an international airport in the municipality of Sandefjord, Vestfold southward of Oslo, Norway. It assists both as regional airport and as a low-cost airport for Eastern Norway.
In 2008 Torp had 1,572,942 riders, approximately 2 3rd locomoting internationally. Widerøe offer domestic voyages to Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim, Bodø and Tromsø while a figure of other air hose offer international voyages assisting the Vestfold/Telemark area . The low-cost air hose Ryanair and Wizzair wing to the airport as Oslo-Torp, although the airport is twice the distance from Oslo as Gardermoen and deficiencies high-speed rail transport to the town. The airport is turn up between the town of Sandefjord and Stokke.
Torp is owned and functioned by Sandefjord Lufthavn AS, which in turn is owned by the municipalities of Sandefjord and Stokke, the county of Vestfold, and a private investing group. Torp is the biggest commercial airport in Norway not owned by the province through its subsidiary corporation Avinor.
History
Sandefjord Airport, Torp was made after World War II using NATO monetary funds as a armed forces airport. After a while the airport also set out having civilian air hose, amongst others Norsk Air who functioned regional voyages to Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim using a fleet of Embraer aircraft. The air hose was subsequently taken over by Widerøe who functions the airport as 1 of its hubs.
After the building of Gardermoen, Norwegian dominances determined that Eastern Norway only take 1 airport. While Fornebu was closed, the municipalities of Stokke and Sandefjord set about functioning the airport on private ground, and in 1997 Ryanair say winging to Torp from its hub at London-Stansted. Since then Torp has get the briny low-cost airport assisting Eastern Norway. During the summertime of 2006 the airport was sold from the Royal Norwegian Air Force to the airport functioning corporation. But Moss Airport, Rygge has also had permission for private commercial airport functioning, and may get a rival for Torp as a low-cost destination.
Future programmes
In June 2006 the airport make up one's mind to put NOK 24 million to spread out the depot. The check-in has been a bottle cervix, and the enlargement will give the airport a capacity of 2.5 million riders per yr. The airport is also working on spreading out the taxi strip.
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