Avinor AS is a state-owned limited company 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 Bjørvika , Oslo , located on the seaside of Oslo Central Station .
8-518: Luftfartsverket is the Scandinavian present or former name of: Avinor (Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration) Finavia (Finnish Civil Aviation Administration) Swedish Civil Aviation Administration Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Luftfartsverket . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
16-566: The Norwegian Accident Investigation Board . As of 2011, Sverre Quale has been employed as the CEO at Multiconsult. His replacement, Dag Falk-Petersen , was CEO of CHC Helicopters . In February 2021, Abraham Foss took 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. On 1 July 1947,
24-515: The Royal Norwegian Air Force , and is responsible for air traffic control services in Norway. In addition to the 44 airports, it operates three Area Control Centers : Bodø Air Traffic Control Center , Stavanger Air Traffic Control Center and Oslo ATCC . As of 2010 , the chief executive officer was Sverre Quale who has been in the job since 18 April 2006. He was previously the head of
32-664: 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 the Norwegian Ministry of Defence was responsible for operating airports, including the civilian ones. This responsibility had been delegated to the Aviation Council ( Luftfartsrådet ) within the ministry. The first director
40-441: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luftfartsverket&oldid=544198853 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Avinor Avinor owns and operates 44 airports in Norway, fourteen in association with
48-529: The main airport of Norway. In addition, he is a member of the board of Flytoget AS . When Randi Flesland quit her job as CEO of Avinor in December 2005, Nilsen became acting CEO. In April the next year, Sverre Quale took over on a permanent basis. Nilsen took over as acting CEO again in November 2010. In January 2011 he was replaced by Dag Falk-Petersen . This Norwegian business biographical article
56-578: Was Einar Bøe (1947–1964), followed by Erik Willoch (1964–1989), Ove Liavaag (1989–2000), Randi Flesland (2000–2005), Sverre Quale (2006–2010), Dag Falk-Petersen (2011–2021) and Abraham Foss (2021–). The organisation changed its name to Luftfartsverket in 1967. In 1997, Oslo Airport, Fornebu and the then under construction Oslo Airport, Gardermoen , were 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
64-467: Was temporarily replaced by Nic. Nilsen until Sverre Quale took over. Nic. Nilsen Nicolay William Nilsen (born 1944) is a Norwegian businessperson. He is the current CEO of Oslo Lufthavn AS , the company that manages the Oslo Airport, Gardermoen . He started working at Gardermoen in 1995, overseeing the airport's transition from being second in rank to Oslo Airport, Fornebu into becoming
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