Lithuania’s state-owned airport operator, Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports, LTOU), plans to invest another EUR 250mn in 2025-2052, according to a study drawn up by Dutch aviation consultancy NACO, BNS reports. Under the plan, LTOU would invest around EUR 180mn in developing Vilnius International Airport, EUR 50mn in Kaunas Airport, and EUR 20mn in Palanga…
Officials from Estonia’s Ida-Virumaa county are considering the possibility of establishing a direct flight connection with southeastern Finland, ERR reports. Local officials from Narva, Narva-Jõesuu, and Sillamäe took a test flight from an airfield outside Narva to Pyhtää airport (Helsinki-East Aerodrome) in Finland. Esa Korjula, CEO of Pyhtää airport’s operator, Redstone Aero, and Terhi Lindholm,…
Lithuania’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Marius Skuodis, has appointed Simonas Bartkus as the new CEO of the state-owned airport operator, Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports, LTOU), as of 16 August 2023. LTOU’s previous CEO, Marius Gelzinis, resigned in June 2022. Bartkus has 10 years of management experience in the aviation and transport sectors. LTOU…
Latvia’s Riga International Airport (RIX) has opened its first helicopter landing area, LSM reports. RIX invested EUR 3.2mn in the heliport, with most of the financing coming from EU funds. The new heliport will allow helicopter traffic in parallel with other air traffic. Also, the heliport will help improve state and civil protection and disaster…
Latvia’s Riga International Airport (RIX) served over 3 million passengers in the first half of 2023, which was nearly 40% more than in the same period of 2022, LSM reports. Transit passengers accounted for 21% of the total, which was up from 17% a year earlier. The average load factor of passenger aircraft stood at…
The European Commission has approved a financing package of EUR 305mn from the Connecting Europe Facility for transport infrastructure projects in Latvia during the 2021-2027 financial period, the Ministry of Transport announced, Baltic News Network reports. The ministry will allocate the funds to several key initiatives, including EUR 298mn for the Rail Baltica railway project,…