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Jan 29, 2021 (newstodate): The Latvian carrier airBaltic has seen its cargo volumes on a steady growth trend 2015-19.
While 8,494 tonnes of cargo and mail were carried in 2015, airBaltic saw volumes in 2019 landing at 14,829 tonnes, growing steadily year by year and increasing by 21 percent y-o-y in 2019 alone.
The outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 brought the airline's traffic to a virtual stand-still for 62 days, but volumes were picking up again towards the end of the year that saw the uplift of 794 tonnes in October, up six percent, y-o-y.
Measured in shares of the air passenger markets in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, airBaltic accounted for 57 percent at its home base at Latvia's Riga Airport; At Estonia's Tallinn Airport the airline's market share rose from 21 to 27 percent, and at Lithuania's Vilnius Airport the market share increased from nine to 14 percent in 2020.
The figures for market shares should be seen against a drop in passenger volumes in 2020 by 74.2 percent at Riga Airport, 73.6 percent at Tallinn Airport, and by 74 percent at Vilnius Airport.
While 8,494 tonnes of cargo and mail were carried in 2015, airBaltic saw volumes in 2019 landing at 14,829 tonnes, growing steadily year by year and increasing by 21 percent y-o-y in 2019 alone.
The outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 brought the airline's traffic to a virtual stand-still for 62 days, but volumes were picking up again towards the end of the year that saw the uplift of 794 tonnes in October, up six percent, y-o-y.
Measured in shares of the air passenger markets in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, airBaltic accounted for 57 percent at its home base at Latvia's Riga Airport; At Estonia's Tallinn Airport the airline's market share rose from 21 to 27 percent, and at Lithuania's Vilnius Airport the market share increased from nine to 14 percent in 2020.
The figures for market shares should be seen against a drop in passenger volumes in 2020 by 74.2 percent at Riga Airport, 73.6 percent at Tallinn Airport, and by 74 percent at Vilnius Airport.