Riga
Riga:
+11.2°C Overcast, light rain
New Destinations: Iberia Express "Madrid"(03.07). "Ryanair" Karlsruhe. "Estonian Air" Tallinn. "Norwegian" Stockholm, Copenhagen.       

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Ownership & Management

RIGA International airport (RIX), the largest airport in the Baltic States, was officially opened in 1991. RIX is State Joint Stock Company (SJSC) of the Republic of Latvia, the shareholder of the state stock company is the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia.

Passenger Traffic (millions)

Capacity

Runway (m) 3 200 CAT I
Terminal Size (m2) 30 860
Gates 24
Employees 1 050
Luggage Belts 4
 
% International PAX 99.9%
% Domestic PAX 0.02%
Hub carrier airBaltic
Dominant carriers airBaltic, Ryanair
aircraft per day 162

 

 2006

 2008

 2009

2010

 2011

% change 
2010/2011

 Passengers  2 495 020  3 690 549  4 066 854 4 663 692  5 106 926  9.5%
 Aircraft Movement  40 162  57 232  60 087 68 145  72 855 6.9%
Cargo (tonnes) 12 559 7 669 9 431 12 247 12 665 3.0%

 

 
Fee structure
From 01.2012
Passenger Tax per departing PAX
3.10
Landing Fee per ton
2.05
PRM per departing PAX
0.28
Security Charge
6.50
Terminal navigation per MTOW
€58.85 ( MTOW Q400 – 27.33 t)
€106.72 (MTOW A319 – 64 t)
€102.42 (MTOW B737-700 – 60.33 t)

Notes

2010 2011
  • Construction ground handling facilities, NATO hangar.
  • Construction new baggage sortage facility.
  • Construction of two bus gates, Peer.
  • Reconstruction of C departure gates.
  • Construction of apron passenger corridor. 
  • Construction of baggage handling infrastructure;
  • Installation of bird detection radar;
  • Construction of three bus gates.