Riga international airport, Детальна інформація

Major passenger flows and routes of scheduled flights.

In 2002 the flight map changed slightly with “Air Baltic” exploring new destinations and starting flights to Berlin in May and later to Vienna. Additionally, “Air Baltic” resumed flights to Moscow, Warsaw and Prague, which had been suspended as unprofitable the previous years. Thus, the Latvian aviation market was considerably divided. “Air Baltic” improved its position, but “Austrian Airlines” discontinued flights from Vienna to Riga due to the imposed flight reduction. In comparison with the last year, the dynamics of passenger growth for the above destinations dropped considerably by 885 on the Warsaw route, 22.8% on the Vienna route and 17.3% on the Moscow route.

Month 2000 2001 2002 2002/2001(%)

1 35 235 38 681 38 377 -0.8

2 35 637 38 243 37 477 -2.0

3 45 454 46 510 45 393 -2.4

4 45 087 48 154 48 420 0.6

5 54 308 57 248 55 802 -2.5

6 56 017 68 036 63 980 -6.0

7 53 123 61 247 62 114 1.4

8 56 140 67 041 62 485 -6.8

9 55 810 60 879 63 294 4.0

10 51 645 51 872 61 270 18.1

11 44 804 43 924 49 357 12.4

12 41 096 40 812 45 353 11.1

Total 574 356 622 647 633 322 1.7

Table 3. Passenger movements

In 2002 73 passengers out of every 100 handled in Riga (including transit) travelled to or from Western Europe. Altogether scheduled flights to Western Europe were responsible for the growth of passengers figures (almost 11000). Berlin, with the highest passengers growth rate ranks first among the cities of Western Europe (it should be mentioned, however, that in 2001 there were no scheduled flights on this route); followed by London with 6.9% and Frankfurt with 6.4%. However, there is an exception. For the first time passengers figures on the Helsinki route have dropped by almost 3000 or 3.9% in comparison with the last year. Nevertheless, Helsinki ranks 2 nd on the list of the most popular destinations. For the second successive year passenger figures on the Stockholm route have dropped sharply by almost 14000 or 21%. Accordingly, a Stockholm rank 6th instead of the previous 3rd, but the Copenhagen has constantly been number one since 1996, despite a passenger growth rate, which has slowed down on the route.

the list of the most popular destinations. The success allowed “\x010CSA” to pull ahead of such major airlines as “British Airways”, “Lufthansa” and “Finnair”. A couple of years ago such a forecast would have seemed unbelievable. “\x010CSA” passengers figures have almost tripled compared with 1999 and almost doubled compared with 2000.

LOT” with 2.7%. These airlines have reduced flight frequency by 35.8%, 2.4% and 1.7% respectively. “Air Baltic” has carried the majority of passengers to and from Riga, i.e. 43% of the total number of passengers. “\x010CSA” with 10% of passengers handled at “Riga” airport ranks 2nd. As in 2001, “British Airways” with 9% ranks 3rd, “Lufthansa” with 8% ranks 4th, “Finnair” with 8% is 5th, but “Latcharter” with 7% is 6th.

City 2000 2001 2002 2002/2001(%)

Copenhagen 137 895 152 109 152 109 3.0

Helsinki 65 670 71 712 71 712 -3.9

Prague 34 741 50 084 50 084 27.7

Frankfurt 51 669 54 715 54 715 6.4

London 50 115 53 274 53 274 6.9

Stockholm 71 145 65 094 65 094 -21.0

Moscow 44 194 41 810 41 810 -17.3

Warsaw 10 349 19 687 19 687 1.7

Vienna 20 404 20 567 20 567 -22.8