The year 2018 will be recorded among the best aviation years for the company Lithuanian Airports, since new records were reached - 6.3 million passengers were served and 61 thousand flights were conducted. The biggest breakthrough occurred in the main airports of the country – Vilnius Airport; the year, however, was also very intensive for Kaunas and Palanga branches.
Upon notifying of the skyrocketing indicators of aviation services already at the beginning of 2018, Lithuanian Airports were recording a growth up to the very end of the year. It was estimated after summing up the annual results that the country’s airports served 6.3 million passengers in total, i.e., more by 19 percent than in 2017.
“The biggest flow in its history, 4.9 million passengers, was successfully served by Vilnius Airport which exceeded the result of 2017 by more than one million passengers. Besides, operation of the Palanga airport favourably impressed us all year long. At the country’s third largest airport, we also recorded a record - more than 316 thousand travellers were served, i.e., more by 7 percent than a year before,” the Executive Director Laura Joffe commented on the statistical data.
According to her, Kaunas Airport opened a new and important page in its history in 2018 by expanding its business profile. The first traditional airline commenced operation at this airport – LOT Polish Airlines which presence allowed offering even more services to customers requesting business flights. Near the year-end, Kaunas Airport announced of its impressive results – exceeded the threshold of 1 million passengers served. During the previous year, this was achieved only due to the reconstruction of the runway of Vilnius Airport when the biggest passenger flows had been directed to Kaunas for over a month.
According to Ms. Laura Joffe, a consistently growing number of air passengers is a world trend. However, a number of factors have had huge significance for the successful operation of the country’s airports. Uninterrupted and successful negotiations with air carriers are of fundamental importance. Owing to them, SCAT Airlines, as well as the cargo airline Turkish Cargo commenced flights in the capital. Besides, an arrangement with the tour operator Itaka has been achieved - having launched flights from Vilnius last year, this year it will offer holiday routes also for those travelling from Kaunas Airport.
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