MIAMI – Sweden has quietly announced the closure of Bromma Airport (BMA), its third-largest airport and the nearest one to the capital, Stockholm.
The reasons behind the decision are multiple. However, the devastating effects of the pandemic on air travel and a particularly Swedish growing social sentiment coined ‘flygskam’, or flight shame, a movement led by environmental activist Greta Thunberg, are two of them.
The news was reported by the French newspaper
Le Figaro Economie, which compared the Swedish decision to a French one when the latter temporarily closed down Paris-Orly (ORY) airport. BMA lies just 7 km from downtown Stockholm. The airport has been in operation since 1936 when Sweden King Gustav V inaugurated the first European airport. The airport had a paved runway from its very beginning. The airport is no more commercially viable. Swedavia, speaking about Bromma Airport Click To Tweet