Riga International Airport

Organisation Type:
4 Million +
ICAO:
EVRA
IATA:
RIX
Website:
http://www.riga-airport.com
Telephone:
+371 6720 7695
Country:
Latvia

Facts (Overview)

Riga Airport – leading the Baltic States!

By handling more than half of the air traffic in the Baltic States Riga International Airport is the leader in the region.

In 2011, thanks to 5.1 million passengers welcomed (breaking the record of annual passenger traffic), the market share of Riga International Airport was 53 percent.

Central location and superior route network means it can easily draw traffic from all three Baltic countries and Scandinavia.

Successful development of passenger transfer hub. Ability to work with both LCC and FSC.

Schengen alliance strengthens our position in the market.

In April, RIX serviced 7,519 tonnes of cargo – breaking another record - an unprecedented amount to date in the history of the airport.

 

Figures

RIX enters the international flight rating

Im glad to inform you that according to the aviation industry market research publication OAG Aviation Solutions (OAG) RIGA International Airport for the third time has entered the top 100 rating of world’s airports in terms of the number of international flight passengers welcomed per week.

With 70, 043 available seats on international departing flights in the last week of April RIGA International Airport ranked as the  97th busiest world's airport in the OAG top 100 rating.

The closest airports in the Baltic and Nordic regions ranked in OAG top 100:

 

Airport                              Rank                    Seat capacity on international departing flights  

Copenhagen                      21                                     253,158

Stockholm (Arlanda)          36                                     158,805

Helsinki                            45                                      144,810

Oslo                                 51                                      132,695

OAG Aviation Solutions collects data on more than 1000 airports worldwide.

To se full list please visit http://www.airtransportnews.aero/analysis.pl?acateg=oag_data

 

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  • Posted 13/05/2010
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