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Number of flights handled by Latvian air traffic controller up 8% in January-August

BC, Riga, 06.09.2017.Print version
Latvian air traffic controller Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme (LGS), which is responsible for managing air traffic in Latvia, handled 179,557 flights in the first eight months of 2017, which is a growth by 8% from the same period in 2016, the company said, cites LETA/BNS.

In January-August this year, LGS handled 48,803 flights to and from Riga, up 8% from the same period last year, and the number of transit flights handled by LGS also grew 8% to 130,754.

 

In August this year, LGS handled 26,644 flights, up 10.8% from the same period last year, including 19,458 transit flights, up 9.4%, and 7,186 flights to and from Riga, which was a rise by 14.8% year-on-year.

 

During the first eight months of 2016, LGS handled 166,217 flights, while 246,999 flights were handled in the full year 2016, up 0.7% from 2015. The 2016 total includes 67,825 flights to and from Riga, unchanged year-on-year, as well as 179,174 transit flights at a 1% growth from 2015.

 

LGS is a fully state-owned company providing air navigation services to air space users.





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