
Although in 2024 the number of passengers at the Tallinn airport was the biggest ever in history, the latest news from Latvia is making local travelers concerned. Are we to wait for shocks in the nearest future and what will happen to airBaltic?Despite that the economic situation in Estonia has been worsening for a few months, and retail trade is experiencing more difficulties, the interest of the people in Estonia to travel nowhere has disappeared. Last year through the Tallinn Airport passed 3.5 million passengers – this is a record! According to airport data, the number of foreign tourists, and local residents increased. “Traveling has become a natural part of our life, we don’t want to refuse even in tough times. People would rather not purchase a new pair of shoes, but would always go on vacation, said Eero Pärgmäe, Member of the
Board AS Tallinna Lennujaam. It’s no secret, that the people of Estonia are the most used flight airBaltic. This is recognized and Pärgmäe: almost every fourth passenger traveling through Tallinn airport flies on the airplane of the Latvian national airline. In this year the airBaltic network includes 28 destinations from Tallinn, and in some sense the Latvian airline will also play the role of the national airline of Estonia. With airBaltic it is possible to fly to Riga, Amsterdam, Munich, Paris and Copenhagen, which are important transit hubs. “Four airBaltic airplanes are staying overnight in Tallinn.