This is the second largest number of passengers at airport since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. However, compared in October 2019 before the pandemic, when there were 705.2 thousand passengers, the drop comprises 50.2 %.
The total number of flights in October was 4,770, which is 1.8 times more than a year ago.
In the first ten months of this year the number of passengers at airport comprised 1.78 million passengers, which is 124.7 thousand or 6.5 % less than in the corresponding period of 2020 and 4.89 million or 73.3 % less than in ten months of 2019.
In October 2021 the total volume of cargo and mail loaded and unloaded comprised 2.5 thousand tons, which is 21.5 % more than in September and 17.3 % more than in October 2020.
In October 2021, 1.6 thousand tons of cargo and mail were unloaded, which is 43.3 % more than in October 2020, and 0.9 thousand tons of cargo and mail were loaded, which is 10 % less.
Key indicators of Riga International Airport
|
|
October 2020 |
October 2021 |
Changes as % over October 2020 |
|
Passenger arrivals and departures |
90 646 |
350 966 |
3.9 times |
|
passenger arrivals |
45 231 |
173 052 |
3.8 times |
|
passenger departures |
45 415 |
177 914 |
3.9 times |
|
Number of flights |
2 605 |
4 770 |
1.8 times |
|
Cargo and post loaded and unloaded (in tonnes) |
2 133 |
2 502 |
17.3 % |
|
cargo and post unloaded |
1 092 |
1 565 |
43.3 % |
|
cargo and post loaded |
1 041 |
937 |
-10.0 % |
