newstodate.aero
Apr 07, 2010 (newstodate): Lithuania's Vilnius Airport is seeing traffic coming back in summer 2010 after a disastrous year.
-The market is undergoing a revival and this influences the results achieved by the airport. In early 2010, flights to Milan, Berlin, Munich, Paris, Amsterdam, and Rome were introduced, and the number of flights to Copenhagen increased. Following the introduction of the summer timetable, the list of destinations will be supplemented with new destinations such as Hamburg, Edinburgh, Iraklion, Ibiza, and Palermo, and the number of flights to Dublin, Tallinn, Paris, Berlin, and Warsaw will increase, says Tomas Vaisvila, Vilnius International Airport general manager.
According to Mr Vaisvila, a new wave of flights is expected in May; the number of flights to Kiev, Copenhagen, Oslo, and Dublin will rise, and flights to St Girona will be resumed.
In March, Vilnius International Airport served 112,784 passengers, up which 24 percent, y-o-y.
In Q1/2010, the airport's passenger flow increased by 10 percent, y-o-y, to 285,980, and the growth is continuing steeply.
-The market is undergoing a revival and this influences the results achieved by the airport. In early 2010, flights to Milan, Berlin, Munich, Paris, Amsterdam, and Rome were introduced, and the number of flights to Copenhagen increased. Following the introduction of the summer timetable, the list of destinations will be supplemented with new destinations such as Hamburg, Edinburgh, Iraklion, Ibiza, and Palermo, and the number of flights to Dublin, Tallinn, Paris, Berlin, and Warsaw will increase, says Tomas Vaisvila, Vilnius International Airport general manager.
According to Mr Vaisvila, a new wave of flights is expected in May; the number of flights to Kiev, Copenhagen, Oslo, and Dublin will rise, and flights to St Girona will be resumed.
In March, Vilnius International Airport served 112,784 passengers, up which 24 percent, y-o-y.
In Q1/2010, the airport's passenger flow increased by 10 percent, y-o-y, to 285,980, and the growth is continuing steeply.