✈ Baltic airports - how they do?

[NorthStar77]

Originally Posted by Janis_LV

If you read carefully you would understand - there were worries that SAS could get the controlling share of airBaltic if the goverment decides to sell it. Because SAS is lobbying Copenhagen, but since already couple of years becaus of succesfull airBaltic management Copenhagen has lost its importance as transit for Baltic passengers. From the first place as the most popular destination it is now somewhere at the end after Lonond, Frankfurt Berlin and others. Baltics now have direct connections with many airports. And even for transatlantic connections SAS can't compete with BA, KLM or even Finnair. And SAS because of that is loosing money. They would be the first ones to stop this development and force baltic peopel to travel 3 times more expensiev through CPH.
Thats why I think goverment shouldnt sell the shares to SAS. Now thanks to airBaltic we not only avoid going to CPH but we are being competetiros - RIX is to become improtant transit point fro passnegers travelling to former Soviet union cities. Connections with airBaltic through Riga are cheaper to cities like Baku,Tblisi, Dnepropetrovsk, Simferopol, Odessa than connections done by LUfthansa or BA.

Never, ever sell anything to SAS!! Just read what has happened when SAS bought Braathens...the worst merge in history!

[Geborgenheit]

Originally Posted by NorthStar77

Never, ever sell anything to SAS!! Just read what has happened when SAS bought Braathens...the worst merge in history!

Actually SAS was great ... 10 years ago Actually i don't understand, what happened- why is SAS doing so bad?

[blimey]

Originally Posted by LV ELF

Yeah, in January 2006 RIX is still the leader in the Baltics in terms of passenger volume:

Riga: 160,378 (59% increase vs. Jan 05)
Tallinn: 100,058 (18% increase)
Vilnius: 89,613 (18% increase)

These numbers don't quite make sense to me.
In Lithuanian airports passenger traffic is as follows:

Vilnius - 1 281 872 (2005 figure)
Kaunas (Karmelava) (expected 2006) ~ 300'000
Palanga ~ 104'000

[ch1le]

ho dont they make sense?
And damn Riga is doing so well, but i still dont understand how they can manage all those passengers, i think why Tallinn is lagging behind is simply because our terminal cant handle any more , but it will change once the extention will get built!

[blimey]

Originally Posted by ch1le

ho dont they make sense?

What?

[ch1le]

I mean how dont they make sence?
Btw the figure for Tallinn airport is wrong.. the correct one is
100,060

I also have the March Figure - 126 240.. thats 20% up from last year

[blimey]

The Vilnius figure is completely wrong. That's how

[ch1le]

well whats the correct number? the ones you gave were the annual figures!

[blimey]

Oh yeah. Sorry, my bad.

[ShuMi]

14 direct flights from Palanga already:

BERLIN
BILLUND
COLOGNE
COPENHAGEN
DUBLIN
FRANKFURT MAIN
HAMBURG
HANOVER
LONDON
MOSCOW
MUNCHEN
OSLO
St. PETERSBURG
VILNIUS

Techincal project of passenger terminal expansion is being prepared atm. In a few years it should be capable to handle up to 0,25mln. passengers per year.

[ch1le]

Estonian air got new airplane - 737-300. Airplane named - Sohni, the names of estonian air planes come from our epic "Kalevipoeg"
the other five airplanes (DONT LAUGH YOU SCANDIS ) are 737-500s with a smaller seating capacity.

Btw this is the biggest airplane in the Baltic fleet

[Janis_LV]

Originally Posted by ch1le

ho dont they make sense?
And damn Riga is doing so well, but i still dont understand how they can manage all those passengers, i think why Tallinn is lagging behind is simply because our terminal cant handle any more , but it will change once the extention will get built!

Tallinn "need" Ryanair and British stags. They are the ones who travell in winter too. One EasyJet is not enough.

[ch1le]

/\ and you quoted me because? Sry but i dont see a connection. Maybe i misunderstood, can you clearify

[Janis_LV]

Originally Posted by ch1le

/\ and you quoted me because? Sry but i dont see a connection. Maybe i misunderstood, can you clearify

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[delfin_pl]

Gdansk - 78,724 pax in march, 204, 366 pax for 3 months

[LatvianGG]

Breaking news from Riga Airport:

Airport's president Dzintars Pomers today announced that this year there will be elaborated a project for a new runway which will not be smaller than the current one.
This will be necessary to handle the growing air traffic in Riga Airport, which as we know is likely to continue to grow significantly due to the current and upcoming further development. Total costs will be appr. 300 mln LS or some 400 mln Euro. As I understand from the article in delfi.lv the construction would start when RIX reaches 6 mln passenger mark. Funds would be taken from EU or local goverment. Prognosis teach that the new runway would be in service after 6-10 years.
A 10 mln passenger are expected to be served by 2013.

[ch1le]

/\well its naturat to say that well build a new runway when we hit 6 mio. Usually a runway cant handle any more and you NEED a newone to keep up with the demand

[Gatis]

Yes, but here RIX is really preparing for second runway to be started in few years when we will exceed 6 mio

[Gatis]

Latest data from Riga airport:

In April there were 195 040 passengers, 3072 flights.
In four months of 2006 there were 685 677 passengers (+46,1% comparing to last year), 11 183 flights (+10,2%)
It is expected that airport will serve 2,6 mio passengers, but... should be more.

In these days flights to Tbilisi and Baku start (both by "Air Baltic"), frequency of flights to Oslo increases.

Announced tender for extension of airstrip in Riga.

[Gatis]

Comparison of Baltic airports now:
In first four months of 2006, no of passengers:

Riga - 685 677 (+46,1%)
Tallinn - 452537 (+16,7%)
Vilnius - 375 546 (+14,2%)

Flights:
Riga - 11 183 (+10,2%)
Tallinn - 10 231 (+5,8%)
Vilnius - 8 740 (-1,1%)

Cargo:
Riga - 3 088 tonns (-49,4%)
Tallinn - 3 407
Vilnius - 1 668

In April, passengers:
Riga - 195 040 (+40%)
Tallinn - 127 263 (+13,6%)
Vilnius - 109 936 (+12,2%)