Riga airport is booming again

In 2022, 5.4 million passengers were served at the "Riga" airport, by 3 million or 2.3 times more than in 2021 and 2.7 times more than in 2020, according to the data of the Central Statistics Office. However, it is 31% less than in 2019. 

In December 2022, 458.9 thousand passengers were served at the airport. passengers, 1.5 times more than in December 2021 and 5.7% more than the previous month. Compared to December 2019, 21.1% fewer passengers were served at the airport. 

The total number of flights in December was 4,574, which is 1.4% less than a year ago. In December 2022, the total amount of received and sent cargo and postal items1 was 1.9 thousand. tons, which is 10.1% more than in November, but 47.8% less than in December 2021. In December, the airport received 0.7 thousand. tons of cargo and mail, which is 64.4% less than in December 2021, but sent 1.1 thousand tons, 23.5% less.