In November, when the winter flight schedule came into force, the number of passengers served at the Airport exceeded 271.5 thousand, which is half of the number of passengers served in November 2019 and 4.4 times more than in November 2020.
Operational data on Airport performance show that Riga Airport handled 2.05 million passengers in the 11 months of this year, which is a five percent increase as compared to 2020, but still about 70 % less than in 2019 before the pandemic.
In November, when the winter flight schedule came into force, the number of passengers served at the Airport exceeded 271.5 thousand, which is half of the number of passengers served in November 2019 and 4.4 times more than in November 2020. This number of passengers, when the Airport monthly serves half of the passenger figures as they were during the pre-pandemic period, has been maintained since August.
In the previous month, the Airport handled 4,428 flights, of which 3,703 were passenger flights and 299 cargo flights, carrying 3,331 tonnes of air cargo, which means an increase in cargo volume by 30 % as compared to 2019 and by 40 % as compared to 2020.
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