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May 12, 2017 (newstodate): Latvia's Riga Airport has seen a strong increase in passenger volumes through the first four months of this year.
Passenger figures increased by 16.1 percent, y-o-y, in April 2017, and during the first four months the airport has seen its passenger numbers up 6.3 percent.
Riga Airport has also bolstered its position as a prime transit and transfer hub in the Baltic region, seeing the transit passenger volumes up by 31.2 percent in April, which is 31.8 percent more than in April 2016.
During January-April 2017, the volume of transfer and transit passengers rose 17.3 percent, y-o-y, and the share of transfer and transit passengers in the first four months amounted to 27.8 percent of the total number of passengers.
airBaltic was the leading carrier during this period, carrying almost 54 percent of Riga Airport's passengers and increasing its number of passengers by 23.3 percent, y-o-y.
Ryanair accounted for 16.1 percent and Wizz Air for 8.2 percent of the passengers at Riga Airport during the four-month period 2017.
During the summer season 2017, 17 carriers will operate flights from Riga Airport: airBaltic, Ryanair, WizzAir, Aeroflot, SAS, Finnair, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Lufthansa, LOT Polish Airlines, Utair, Turkish Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines, RusLine, Uzbekistan Airways, Belavia, Ellinair and Smartlynx Airlines.
Passenger figures increased by 16.1 percent, y-o-y, in April 2017, and during the first four months the airport has seen its passenger numbers up 6.3 percent.
Riga Airport has also bolstered its position as a prime transit and transfer hub in the Baltic region, seeing the transit passenger volumes up by 31.2 percent in April, which is 31.8 percent more than in April 2016.
During January-April 2017, the volume of transfer and transit passengers rose 17.3 percent, y-o-y, and the share of transfer and transit passengers in the first four months amounted to 27.8 percent of the total number of passengers.
airBaltic was the leading carrier during this period, carrying almost 54 percent of Riga Airport's passengers and increasing its number of passengers by 23.3 percent, y-o-y.
Ryanair accounted for 16.1 percent and Wizz Air for 8.2 percent of the passengers at Riga Airport during the four-month period 2017.
During the summer season 2017, 17 carriers will operate flights from Riga Airport: airBaltic, Ryanair, WizzAir, Aeroflot, SAS, Finnair, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Lufthansa, LOT Polish Airlines, Utair, Turkish Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines, RusLine, Uzbekistan Airways, Belavia, Ellinair and Smartlynx Airlines.