In 2002 the flight map changed slightly with “Air Baltic” exploring new destinations and starting flights to Berlin in May and later to Vienna. Additionally, “Air Baltic” resumed flights to Moscow, Warsaw and Prague, which had been suspended as unprofitable the previous years. Thus, the Latvian aviation market was considerably divided. “Air Baltic” improved its position, but “Austrian Airlines” discontinued flights from Vienna to Riga due to the imposed flight reduction. In comparison with the last year, the dynamics of passenger growth for the above destinations dropped considerably by 885 on the Warsaw route, 22.8% on the Vienna route and 17.3% on the Moscow route.
Month
2000
2001
2002
2002/2001(%)
1
35 235
38 681
38 377
-0.8
2
35 637
38 243
37 477
-2.0
3
45 454
46 510
45 393
-2.4
4
45 087
48 154
48 420
0.6
5
54 308
57 248
55 802
-2.5
6
56 017
68 036
63 980
-6.0
7
53 123
61 247
62 114
1.4
8
56 140
67 041
62 485
-6.8
9
55 810
60 879
63 294
4.0
10
51 645
51 872
61 270
18.1
11
44 804
43 924
49 357
12.4
12
41 096
40 812
45 353
11.1
Total
574 356
622 647
633 322
1.7
Table 3. Passenger movements
In 2002 73 passengers out of every 100 handled in Riga (including transit) travelled to or from Western Europe. Altogether scheduled flights to Western Europe were responsible for the growth of passengers figures (almost 11 000). Berlin, with the highest passengers growth rate ranks first among the cities of Western Europe (it should be mentioned, however, that in 2001 there were no scheduled flights on this route); followed by London with 6.9% and Frankfurt with 6.4%. However, there is an exception. For the first time passengers figures on the Helsinki route have dropped by almost 3 000 or 3.9% in comparison with the last year. Nevertheless, Helsinki ranks 2 nd on the list of the most popular destinations. For the second successive year passenger figures on the Stockholm route have dropped sharply by almost 14 000 or 21%. Accordingly, a Stockholm rank 6th instead of the previous 3rd, but the Copenhagen has constantly been number one since 1996, despite a passenger growth rate, which has slowed down on the route.
In 2002 passenger figures for Eastern and Central Europe have grown slightly. Some destinations have faced radical changes. As in previous years, passengers figures decreased by 17.3% on the Moscow route. For the second year after resuming scheduled flights on the Tallinn route passenger figures went down by 11.4%. Passengers figures on the Prague route increased significantly by 27.7% for the second year. It should be underlined that the Prague route has the highest absolute growth rate, i.e. by 13 000 passengers more and even surpasses the Copenhagen route. Accordingly, Prague shows a very convincing growth and ranks 3rd instead of being 6th in 2001 on the list of the most popular destinations. The success allowed “ČSA” to pull ahead of such major airlines as “British Airways”, “Lufthansa” and “Finnair”. A couple of years ago such a forecast would have seemed unbelievable. “ČSA” passengers figures have almost tripled compared with 1999 and almost doubled compared with 2000.
Only three of the carriers providing scheduled flights to Riga during the report year have carried fewer passengers than in 2001, i.e. “Aeroflot” with 29.6%, “Finnair” with 16.3% and “LOT” with 2.7%. These airlines have reduced flight frequency by 35.8%, 2.4% and 1.7% respectively. “Air Baltic” has carried the majority of passengers to and from Riga, i.e. 43% of the total number of passengers. “ČSA” with 10% of passengers handled at “Riga” airport ranks 2nd. As in 2001, “British Airways” with 9% ranks 3rd, “Lufthansa” with 8% ranks 4th, “Finnair” with 8% is 5th, but “Latcharter” with 7% is 6th.
City
2000
2001
2002
2002/2001(%)
Copenhagen
137 895
152 109
152 109
3.0
Helsinki
65 670
71 712
71 712
-3.9
Prague
34 741
50 084
50 084
27.7
Frankfurt
51 669
54 715
54 715
6.4
London
50 115
53 274
53 274
6.9
Stockholm
71 145
65 094
65 094
-21.0
Moscow
44 194
41 810
41 810
-17.3
Warsaw
10 349
19 687
19 687
1.7
Vienna
20 404
20 567
20 567
-22.8
Kiev
11 087
11 231
11 231
8.2
Tallinn
14 066
11 086
11 086
-11.4
Mugla
2 778
3 186
3 186
2.3x
Berlin
391
391
18.0x
Vilnius
9 821
6 680
6 680
-3.1
Barcelona
3 514
2 497
2 497
1.6x
Heraklion
2 232
1 115
1 115
-3.1
Others
36 374
57 409
56 294
Total
574 356
622 647
622 647
1.7
Table 4. Passenger movements per city
Air cargo
In 2002 the handled cargo volume has increased by more than 1 300 tons when compared to the previous year. Riga International Airport has never faced such an important increase in cargo volume before.
Of all the carries providing scheduled flights, “ČSA” achieved the highest growth of both cargo volume and passengers figures; while “Aeroflot” had the highest rate of cargo volume. Contrary to passenger figures, cargo volume dropped by 20.9% for “British Airways” and by 10.5% for “Lufthansa” for the second year. Cargo volume also slightly decreased also for “Finnair”. Nevertheless, “Finnair” is the major air cargo carrier in Riga with 20% of the total cargo volume handled at the airport ((25% in 2001); followed by “Air Baltic” with 16% (21% in 2001); “SAS” with 15% (18% in 2002); “ČSA” with 7% (6% in 2001); “Aeroflot” with 6% (5% in 2001); “Lufthansa” with 5% (7% in 2001); and “British Airways” with 2% in 2001).
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