Lithuania: Airport passenger turnover reached new record in 2024

Lithuania’s three international airports served an all-time record of 6.6 million passengers in 2024, which was almost 10% more than in 2023, according to state-owned airport operator Lietuvos Oro Uostai (LTOU), Made in Vilnius reports. The previous record was in 2019, when LTOU’s passenger turnover was 6.5 million people. LTOU’s airports served more than 56,800 flights in 2024, which was up 7% from over 53,000 a year earlier. Vilnius International Airport’s passenger turnover rose by 9% to 4.8 million in 2024. Kaunas Airport served 1.4 million passengers (up 10%), while Palanga Airport’s passenger volume was 378,000 travellers (up 23%). LTOU CEO Simonas Bartkus noted that the company had successfully reoriented all flights away from the east. LTOU expects to reach a new record passenger turnover of 6.85 million in 2025. The cargo turnover of Lithuanian airports totalled more than 22,000 tonnes in 2024, which was up almost 10% over 2023.