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Apr 13, 2012 (newstodate): Looking for growth in Baltic airports' passenger volumes in this year's Q1 - look out for Lithuania's Vilnius Airport.
Vilnius Airport experienced a growth by 64.3 percent, y-o-y, in January-March 2012, totaling 392.157 passengers, all included.
This was especially significant as Lithuania is the only Baltic nation that does not have an own national carrier, relying instead on foreign carriers' point-to-point traffic.
Estonia's Tallinn Airport also emerged from Q1 with a positive growth at 19.3 percent, to a total of 163,732 passengers.
The growth is primarily delivered by Estonian Air's impressive growth in traffic with a new aircraft fleet and a dynamic growth strategy.
The only Baltic capital airport in the red as to passenger growth was Latvia's Riga Airport where numbers were down 3.5 percent, y-o-y.
Riga Airport, however, by far outnumbers its Baltic competitors handling a total of 248,717 passengers in Q1, thanks to its leading carrier airBaltic's significant transfer traffic at its hub.
Vilnius Airport experienced a growth by 64.3 percent, y-o-y, in January-March 2012, totaling 392.157 passengers, all included.
This was especially significant as Lithuania is the only Baltic nation that does not have an own national carrier, relying instead on foreign carriers' point-to-point traffic.
Estonia's Tallinn Airport also emerged from Q1 with a positive growth at 19.3 percent, to a total of 163,732 passengers.
The growth is primarily delivered by Estonian Air's impressive growth in traffic with a new aircraft fleet and a dynamic growth strategy.
The only Baltic capital airport in the red as to passenger growth was Latvia's Riga Airport where numbers were down 3.5 percent, y-o-y.
Riga Airport, however, by far outnumbers its Baltic competitors handling a total of 248,717 passengers in Q1, thanks to its leading carrier airBaltic's significant transfer traffic at its hub.