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Avinor

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Avinor AS
Company typeState owned
IndustryAirport operator
Founded1 July 1947 (as Luftfartsverket)
1 January 2003 (as Avinor)
HeadquartersOslo,Norway
Area served
Norway
Key people
Abraham Foss (CEO)
Ola Mørkved Rinnan(Chairman)
RevenueIncreaseNOK7,871 million (2010)
NOK 1745 million (2010)
Number of employees
2,400
ParentNorwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications
Websiteavinor.no/en/

Avinor ASis a state-ownedlimited companythat operates most of the civil airports inNorway.The Norwegian state, via theNorwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications,controls 100 percent of theshare capital.Avinor was created on 1 January 2003, by theprivatizationof theNorwegian Civil Aviation Administrationknown asLuftfartsverket.Its head office is inBjørvika,Oslo,located on the seaside ofOslo Central Station.[1]

Avinor owns and operates 44airportsin Norway, fourteen in association with theRoyal Norwegian Air Force,and is responsible forair traffic controlservices in Norway. In addition to the 44 airports, it operates threeArea Control Centers:Bodø Air Traffic Control Center,Stavanger Air Traffic Control CenterandOslo ATCC.

As of 2010,the chief executive officer wasSverre Qualewho has been in the job since 18 April 2006. He was previously the head of theNorwegian Accident Investigation Board.As of 2011, Sverre Quale has been employed as the CEO at Multiconsult. His replacement,Dag Falk-Petersen,was CEO ofCHC Helicopters.In February 2021,Abraham Fosstook on the role of CEO of the company. Avinor has about 3000 employees, including air traffic control, air navigation services, rescue, maintenance, administration and other airport operations personnel.

History

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On 1 July 1947, the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communication created theAviation Directorate(Luftfartsdirektoratet) to take over the responsibility for the civilian airports in Norway. Until then theNorwegian Ministry of Defencewas responsible for operating airports, including the civilian ones. This responsibility had been delegated to theAviation Council(Luftfartsrådet) within the ministry. The first director wasEinar Bøe(1947–1964), followed byErik Willoch(1964–1989),Ove Liavaag(1989–2000),Randi Flesland(2000–2005),Sverre Quale(2006–2010),[2]Dag Falk-Petersen(2011-2021) andAbraham Foss(2021–).

The organisation changed its name to Luftfartsverket in 1967.[3]In 1997,Oslo Airport, Fornebuand the then under constructionOslo 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 byNic. Nilsenuntil Sverre Quale took over.

Awards

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Avinor receives the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame™ at the 2017 Palladium Positive Impact Summit.
  • Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy™ (class of 2016)[4]

References

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  1. ^"Contact usArchivedMay 27, 2010, at theWayback Machine."Avinor. Retrieved on 9 March 2010.
  2. ^Malmø, Morten (1947).Norge på vingene.Oslo: Andante Forlag. p. 45.ISBN82-91056-13-7.
  3. ^Malmø, Morten (1947).Norge på vingene.Oslo: Andante Forlag. p. 50.ISBN82-91056-13-7.
  4. ^"Palladium - Awards Program".www.thepalladiumgroup.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-02-18.Retrieved2018-02-17.
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