Avinor

Avinor AS

Type	State owned
Industry	Airport operator
Founded	1947
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Area served	Norway
Key people	Dag Falk-Petersen (CEO) Ola Mørkved Rinnan (Chairman)
Employees	2,400
Parent	Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications
Website	avinor.no/en/avinor

Avinor AS is a state owned limited company in that operates most of the civil airports in Norway. The Norwegian state, via the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications controls 100 percent of the share capital. Avinor was created on 1 January 2003, by the privatization of the Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration known as Luftfartsverket. Its head office is in an office building in Bjørvika, Oslo, located on the seaside of Oslo Central Station.^[1]

Avinor owns and operates 46 airports in Norway, fourteen in association with the Royal Norwegian Air Force, and is responsible for air traffic control services in Norway. In addition to the 46 airports, it operates three Area Control Centers: Bodø Air Traffic Control Center, Stavanger Air Traffic Control Center and Oslo ATCC.

As of 2010^[update], the Chief Executive Officer was Sverre Quale who has been in the job since 18 April 2006. He was the former head of the Norwegian Accident Investigation Board. As of 2011, Sverre Quale has been employed as the Chief Executive at Multiconsult. His replacement, Dag Falk-Petersen, has served as CEO of CHC Helicopters. Avinor has about 2,400 employees, including air traffic control, air navigation services, rescue, maintenance, administration and other airport operations personnel.

History

On 1 July 1947, the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communication created the Aviation Directorate (Luftfartsdirektoratet) to take over the responsibility for the civilian airports in Norway. Until then it had been the Norwegian Ministry of Defence who held responsibility for operating the airports, including the civilian sections. This responsibility had been delegated to the Aviation Council (Luftfartsrådet) within the ministry. The first director was Einar Bøe (1947–1964), followed by Erik Willoch (1964–1989), Ove Liavaag (1989–2000), Randi Flesland (2000–2005), Sverre Quale (2006–2010)^[2] and Dag Falk-Petersen (2011-).

The organisation changed name its to Luftfartsverket in 1967.^[3] In 1997, Oslo Airport, Fornebu and the then under construction Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, where merged into a separate subsidiary, Oslo Lufthavn AS. This company still operates Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. On 14 December 2005, CEO Randi Flesland resigned after an ongoing dispute with employees. She was temporarily replaced by Nic. Nilsen until Sverre Quale took over.

References

1. ^ "Contact us." Avinor. Retrieved on 9 March 2010.
2. ^ Malmø, Morten (1947). Norge på vingene. Oslo: Andante Forlag. p. 45. ISBN 82-91056-13-7. 
3. ^ Malmø, Morten (1947). Norge på vingene. Oslo: Andante Forlag. p. 50. ISBN 82-91056-13-7. 

External links

	Norway portal
	Aviation portal

• Official website
• Official website (Norwegian)