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Riga International Airport

Starptautiskā lidosta “Rīga”
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Latvia
(Joint stock company)
ServesRiga
LocationMārupe municipality, Latvia
Hub for
Elevation AMSL36 ft / 11 m
Websitewww.riga-airport.com
Map
RIX is located in Latvia
RIX
RIX
Location of the airport by Riga
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 3,200 10,500 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Number of Passengers4,793,213
Source (excluding statistics): AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Riga International Airport (Latvian: Starptautiskā lidosta “Rīga”; IATA: RIX, ICAO: EVRA) was built in 1973 as an alternative to Spilve Airport, which had become outdated. It is in Mārupe municipality,[2] 5.4 NM (10.0 km; 6.2 mi) west[1] of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is the largest airport in the Baltic states and has direct flights to over 80 destinations in 30 countries including a nonstop transatlantic flight to New York operated by Uzbekistan Airlines year-round. Renovation and modernization of the airport was completed in 2001, coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the founding of the city. The airport is a state-owned joint-stock company, with the owner of all shares being the government of Latvia. The holder of the state capital share is Latvia's Ministry of Transport. Riga International Airport is a hub for airBaltic, SmartLynx Airlines, RAF-Avia, Vip Avia and Inversija airlines.

In 2006, the new north terminal extension was opened. The airport has three terminals: A & C for non-Schengen, and B for Schengen departures. Arrivals 1, in terminal A, handles the Schengen arrivals, while Arrivals 2, in terminal C, handles the non-Schengen arrivals.[3] A maintenance, repair and overhaul facility was opened in the autumn of 2006, to be run as a joint venture between two local companies: Concors and SR-Technik.

The magazine GatewayRiga is available for visitors and passengers travelling through Riga airport. It has information on new airlines serving Riga, new destinations and routes, and other information about the airport itself and surrounding facilities. It is published three times per year by SIA Check-In Media.

Airlines and destinations

airBaltic planes at Riga airport
airBaltic Boeing 757 takes off from RWY36 at Riga airport
File:RIXplan.jpg
Terminal plan
Passport stamp

Passenger

The following airlines have scheduled and charter services to Riga International Airport (as of October 2013):

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo
airBaltic Aberdeen (begins 30 March 2014),[4] Abu Dhabi ,[5] Ålesund, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bergen, Berlin-Tegel, Brussels, Budapest, Chişinău, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gothenburg-Landvetter (resumes 14 April 2014),[6] Hamburg, Helsinki, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Kaliningrad, Kaunas (ends 17 February 2014), Kiev-Boryspil, Larnaca, London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa, Minsk-National, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Munich, Oslo-Gardermoen, Palanga, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, Saint Petersburg, Stavanger, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tallinn, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Turku, Vilnius, Vienna, Warsaw-Chopin, Zurich
Seasonal: Athens, Baku, Bari, Palma de Mallorca (begins 1 June 2014),[7] Malta,[8] Nice, Odessa, Olbia, Rijeka,[9] Simferopol, Tashkent, Venice-Marco Polo
Charter: Antalya, Bourgas, Dalaman, Heraklion, Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh
Belavia Minsk-National
Finnair
operated by Flybe Nordic		 Helsinki
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw-Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Norwegian Air Shuttle Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Trondheim, Stockholm-Arlanda
Polet Airlines Voronezh
Ryanair Bergamo, Bremen, Dublin, East Midlands, Hahn, Leeds/Bradford (ends 27 March 2014), London-Stansted, Manchester, Moss/Rygge, Prestwick, Weeze
SmartLynx Airlines Charter: Antalya, Bergamo, Bourgas, Heraklion, Hurghada, Monastir, Rijeka, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South, Varna
Transaero Airlines Moscow-Vnukovo
Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
UTair Aviation Moscow-Vnukovo
Uzbekistan Airways New York-JFK, Tashkent
Wizz Air Bergen, Eindhoven, London-Luton, Sandefjord

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
DHL Aviation
operated by EAT Leipzig 		Leipzig/Halle
RAF-AviaAalborg, Amsterdam, Ankara, Copenhagen, Birmingham Airport, Coventry, East Midland/Nottingham, Helsinki, Innsbruck, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kiev-Boryspil, Laranca, Leipzig/Halle, Lisbon, Malmö, Moscow-Vnukovo, Ostrava, Prague, Simferopol
Kalitta AirBagram Airbase
SprintAirWarsaw-Chopin

Other facilities

AirBaltic has its head office on the property of Riga Airport.[2] The Latvian Civil Aviation Agency has its head office at Riga Airport.[10]

Traffic statistics

Riga International Airport is one of three notable airports in Latvia. The other two are Liepāja International Airport and Ventspils Airport. Riga International Airport's biggest air carrier is airBaltic. In 2012, the airport served 4,767,878 passengers, a 7% decrease from 2011.

Passengers at Riga International Airport (x 1000)
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
310 398 504 506 535 555 562 574 623 633 712 1 060 1 878 2 495 3 161 3 691 4 066 4 664 5 107 4 768 4 793
Busiest Routes from Riga (2012) [11]
Rank City Passengers Airlines
1 Russia Moscow, Russia 371,188 Aeroflot, airBaltic, Transaero Airlines, UTair Aviation
2 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 362,318 airBaltic, Ryanair, Wizz Air
3 Finland Helsinki, Finland 252,878 airBaltic, Finnair
4 Norway Oslo, Norway 250,431 airBaltic, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Wizz Air
5 Germany Frankfurt, Germany 240,702 airBaltic, Lufthansa, Ryanair
6 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 190,710 airBaltic, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair
7 Estonia Tallinn, Estonia 185,942 airBaltic
8 Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania 176,407 airBaltic

Template:Baltic states busiest airports

Ground transport

  • Bus
    • Bus route #22, operated by Rīgas Satiksme, runs between Riga city centre and the airport.
    • airBaltic in cooperation with Radisson Hotel Latvia offers a shuttle bus service – Airport Express. The bus operates between Riga airport and the Radisson Hotel Latvia, (in the city centre).
    • There are international bus connections from the airport to cities in Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia. Additional information on bus routes and schedules may be found at the airport information centre.
    • Groups visiting Latvia for the purpose of entertainment have partybuses at their disposal.
  • Parking
    • The airport also has 3 car parks, with ~1500 parking spaces, offering short- and long-term parking.
  • Taxi
    • Three main taxi companies operate from Riga Airport.
  • Motorway

Plans

View of the Riga International Airport's airfield at the waiting room.

The Latvian government plans to build another terminal capable of handling 20 million passengers a year. The first part of this project began in 2008. Plans include new hotels, a business park, a second pier, new parking, a second runway, a new control tower, a new high-speed tram link or railway to the city centre, and a new check-in hall. The airport is currently soliciting bids for airport expansion that encompasses, as the first stage, a construction of a new (fourth) terminal with 23 gates facing north, and in the second stage, seamlessly joining the current airport terminals with the new terminal in a unified architectural entity.[12]

As the Latvian government may be backing out of the state-financed plan to build the 20 million passenger capable terminal, airBaltic is now planning, by 2014, to build for its own exclusive use a second terminal which can handle 40 planes and 5000 passengers per hour, equivalent to about 7.5 million passengers per year, located next to the current terminal, while leaving the current terminal (planned capacity of 2.5 million passengers per year, but easily capable of handling twice as many at good service levels) for all other airlines to use. There will be also an additional entry to/exit from the runway, to minimize delays and maximize airport capacity, as total passenger traffic is expected to exceed 10 million per year by 2014.[13] The airport has ILS CAT I.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b EAD Basic
  2. ^ a b "airBaltic in Riga." AirBaltic. Retrieved on 16 January 2010. "Air Baltic Corporation AS Registration number: 40003245752 ADMINISTRATION RIGA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Marupes county, LV-1053, Latvia"
  3. ^ Riga Airport Plan
  4. ^ Petrova, Alla (23 September 2013). "airBaltic to launch new Riga-Aberdeen route". The Baltic Course. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  5. ^ L, J (9 October 2013). "airBaltic to Start Abu Dhabi Service with CSA Czech Aircraft from mid-Dec 2013". Airline Route. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  6. ^ "airBaltic lanserar rutten Riga - Göteborg". 21 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  7. ^ "New Riga- Mallorca flight to launch". BALTIC NEWS. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  8. ^ "airBaltic to Launch Riga- Malta". Press releases. airBaltic. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  9. ^ http://www.airbaltic.com/public/51345.html
  10. ^ "Contacts." Latvian Civil Aviation Agency. Retrieved on 19 January 2012. "Civil aviation agency Address: Airport "Riga", LV-1053, Latvia"
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ Riga Airport Expansion Construction Bid Solicitation
  13. ^ New Riga Airport Terminal Plan
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