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Number of passengers at Riga airport rose by 12.5% in 11 months

BC, Riga, 14.12.2017.Print version
During the first 11 months of 2017, Riga International Airport served 5.622 million passengers, which is a growth by 12.5% compared to the same period in 2016, writes LETA, according to the data released by the airport.

In November 2017, the airport served 461,636 passengers, or by 19.7% more than in November 2016.

 

The number of flights handled by the airport rose 9.5% year-on-year to 68,766 in the first 11 months of 2017, which included 6,066 flights handled in November, up 16% year-on-year.

 

Freight handled by the Riga airport in the first 11 months of this year grew 25.3% year-on-year to 22,626 tons. In November 2017, freight turnover at the airport rose 73.7% year-on-year to 2,900 tons.

 

In 2016, Riga Airport handled over 5.4 million passengers, or nearly 45% of all air passengers in the Baltic states, as well as 68,061 flights and 19,760 tons of freight.

 

Riga International Airport is the largest air traffic hub in the Baltic states. The airport offers flights to more than 60 destinations in the winter season and to nearly 90 destinations in summer, operated by 20 airlines.






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