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Number of flights handled by Latvian air traffic controller LGS up 9.1% in seven months
BC, Riga, 07.08.2018.
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Print versionLatvian air traffic controller Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme (LGS), which is responsible for managing air traffic in Latvia, handled 166,835 flights in the first seven months of 2018, which is a growth by 9.1% against the same period in 2017, informs LETA.
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During the first seven months of this year, LGS handled 47,646 flights to
and from Riga, up 14.5% year-on-year, and 119,189 transit flights, up 7.1%
against the first seven months of 2017.
In July 2018, LGS handled 29,599 flights, up 9.7% against the same month
last year, including 7,758 flights to and from Riga, up 10.3%, and 21,841
transit flights, up 9.5% year-on-year.
During the first seven months of 2017, LGS handled 152,913 flights, while
the number of flights handled in the full 2017 rose by 8.9% against 2016 to
268,967. The 2017 total includes 74,534 flights to and from Riga, up 9.9%
year-on-year, as well as 194,433 transit flights at an 8.5% growth from 2016.
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