February sees 8% increase in passenger numbers year on year at Tallinn Airport

Author: airport.ee
Source: airport.ee

A total of 216,916 people passed through Tallinn Airport in February, marking a 8% rise on the same period in 2024. The strong performance was supported by the school holidays, which brought additional passengers to several holiday destinations. In February, airBaltic started direct flights from Tallinn to Barcelona, ​​and Turkish airline SunExpress resumed regular flights to Antalya.

Travellers had 33 regular routes to choose from in February, with the most popular flights being those to the traditional hubs of Helsinki, Frankfurt and Stockholm. The greatest numbers of connections were to Helsinki (up to 10 daily flights), Stockholm (up to five daily flights) and Riga (four daily flights). Typical of the winter season, the most popular charter flights were those to package-holiday destinations in Egypt, but such flights also took travellers as far afield as Sri Lanka.

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The airline serving the highest number of passengers during the month was airBaltic, flying 27,8% of all travellers direct to 18 destinations. Second was Ryanair, with 10 direct routes and a 21% market share. A total of 13 airlines operated regular flights from Tallinn in February.

A total of 2676 flights were operated during the month, averaging 96 take-offs and landings per day which is 3% increase compared to last year.

Estonia’s regional airports served a total of 6814 passengers in the first month of the year, including 3336 in Tartu, 2527 in Kuressaare and 583 in Kärdla. Ruhnu’s air strip was used by 226 travellers, while Pärnu Airport served 142 passengers. There was no air traffic in Kihnu.

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