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Dec 8, 2008 (newstodate): Lithuanian company Baltic Ground Services has announced its decision to cease operations since March 20, 2006, at Kaunas Airport, Lithuania's second largest airport.
-Starting the provision of ground services we expected that Kaunas Airport would actively develop its business, would attract more air carriers, and that the number of passengers would increase, says Saulius Batavicius, BGS Director.
-Unfortunately, presently only one air company, Ryanair, regularly carries passengers from Kaunas Airport. It is expected that demand on cheap flights from Kaunas will also decrease due to a changing economic situation and declining emigration. In our opinion, further activity of Baltic Ground Services at Kaunas Airport is prospectless.
Instead, flyLAL-owned BGS will focus its development at Vilnius Airport where the company holds 50 percent of the handling business.
In 2007 the airport handled 391,000 passengers, expecting an increase in volumes by six percent in 2008.
Cargo volumes were 7,000 tonnes in 2007.
-Starting the provision of ground services we expected that Kaunas Airport would actively develop its business, would attract more air carriers, and that the number of passengers would increase, says Saulius Batavicius, BGS Director.
-Unfortunately, presently only one air company, Ryanair, regularly carries passengers from Kaunas Airport. It is expected that demand on cheap flights from Kaunas will also decrease due to a changing economic situation and declining emigration. In our opinion, further activity of Baltic Ground Services at Kaunas Airport is prospectless.
Instead, flyLAL-owned BGS will focus its development at Vilnius Airport where the company holds 50 percent of the handling business.
In 2007 the airport handled 391,000 passengers, expecting an increase in volumes by six percent in 2008.
Cargo volumes were 7,000 tonnes in 2007.