That is among the best results in all of Norway.
Meanwhile, the overall number of passenger numbers in Norwegian airports shrunk by seven percent year-on-year in the period, newspaper Sør-Varanger Avis reports.
One of the reasons behind the growth is several industrial projects in the Kirkenes area, among them the reopening of the Syd-Varanger mine by the company Northern Iron. The influx of people to Kirkenes is expected to continue to increase as the projects unfold.
