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Jan 25, 2010 (newstodate): Aircraft landing fees at Estonia's Tallinn Airport will soon be reduced significantly, in an effort to further boost traffic.
-Plans are to reduce landing fees by 20 percent from March 2010 already, and we are convinced that this is what airlines really want, says Erik Sakkov, Tallinn Airport member of the Board.
-In contrast to policies at neighboring airports, we rely entirely on the airport's own money and request no support from tax-payers. So with more traffic we aim at generating more non-aviation income in the terminal, and the revenues go entirely to supporting the airport's sustained development.
-With the reduced landing fee, in combination with our existing incentive program for launch of new routes, we hope to see the volume of destinations increase further in 2010. 2009 was indeed a difficult year, but we managed, and already from this early start of 2010 we have announced the new Lufthansa route between Tallinn and Munich from March, and the new route by LOT between Tallinn and Warsaw from May. This is indeed very encouraging.
-While the launch a long-haul route remains our ultimate dream, it is essential for the airport to further strengthen our European route network to offer easy connections to all significant destinations and capitals in Europe, and things are moving our way, says Mr Sakkov.
-Plans are to reduce landing fees by 20 percent from March 2010 already, and we are convinced that this is what airlines really want, says Erik Sakkov, Tallinn Airport member of the Board.
-In contrast to policies at neighboring airports, we rely entirely on the airport's own money and request no support from tax-payers. So with more traffic we aim at generating more non-aviation income in the terminal, and the revenues go entirely to supporting the airport's sustained development.
-With the reduced landing fee, in combination with our existing incentive program for launch of new routes, we hope to see the volume of destinations increase further in 2010. 2009 was indeed a difficult year, but we managed, and already from this early start of 2010 we have announced the new Lufthansa route between Tallinn and Munich from March, and the new route by LOT between Tallinn and Warsaw from May. This is indeed very encouraging.
-While the launch a long-haul route remains our ultimate dream, it is essential for the airport to further strengthen our European route network to offer easy connections to all significant destinations and capitals in Europe, and things are moving our way, says Mr Sakkov.