Airport, EU – Baltic States, Good for Business, Latvia, Transport

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Passenger Maris Zarins arrived in Riga from Copenhagen on an airBaltic flight.

The airport's managers and Transport Ministry officials indicated at the welcoming ceremony that all preconditions have been provided for a further growth of passenger numbers at the airport, which has been expanded and upgraded.

airBaltic Chief Executive Officer Martin Gauss, “We are delighted to see this passenger record as aviation in Latvia contributes to almost 3% of the gross domestic product and supports 2% of all jobs available in the market.  This year, airBaltic supported this by opening 14 new routes for the Baltic sea region – the largest expansion for us since completing our restructuring and achieving profitability. For 2016 our new highlight is Reykjavik, Iceland, and you will also see numerous improvements to our existing network around the Baltic Sea, for example, our flights out of Stockholm Arlanda will operate up to five times daily.”

Riga International Airport presented the lucky passenger with the passenger loyalty card RIX Club and airport souvenirs. The national airline airBaltic granted Maris Zarins a certificate for a flight in business class, cooperation partners of the airport – TAV Airports Holding representative in Latvia SIA (LLC) TAV Latvia, represented by Hakan Uzunosmanoglu, along with subsidiaries of the holding AS (JSC) Riga Airport Commercial Development (ATU Duty Free), Cakes&Bakes Latvia, Havas – gift cards and baskets with gifts.

Riga International Airport will serve 5.16 million passengers in this year. This year the most popular destinations (cities) from Riga International Airport are London, Moscow, Frankfurt, Oslo and Helsinki. Countries passengers from Riga travel to most often are Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, Norway and Finland.

Riga Airport served 5.1 million passengers in 2011.