Lithuanian airports handle 2.9 million passengers in July

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Lithuanian airports handle 2.9 million passengers in July

In the first seven months of the year, Lithuanian airports handled a total of 2.9 million passengers.

In July 2019, Lithuanian Airports handled 595,000 passengers, 577,000 in July, and this year in July. 4.8 thousand flights were recorded at Lithuanian airports last month, compared to 3.8 thousand flights in the same period last year. In July of 2019, the number of flights handled at Lithuanian airports was slightly more than 5.5 thousand, which is considered a record year.

426 thousand passengers travelled through the Vilnius Airport gates last month. Passengers travelled to Vilnius Airport 95% of the pre-pandemic monthly flow In comparison, 449 thousand passengers travelled through Vilnius Airport in the same period in 2019. The airport of Vilnius restored almost 85% of the pre-pandemic flight flow. Nearly 3.5 thousand flights were handled by the Vilnius Airport last month. The figure was around 2.7 thousand flights and thousand in the same period last year.

Kaunas Airport has outperformed the pre-pandemic indicators for the fourth month in a row. In July of last month, 122,000 passengers travelled through the airport 107% of the pre-pandemic monthly flow compared to 114,000 in July 2019, which is considered a record. Kaunas Airport is also the leader in the country's airport network in terms of number of flights handled and outperforms the record period in terms of the number of flights handled. 993 flights were handled at the airport in the second month of the summer. Before the pandemic, the indicator was 934, while last year it was 735.

Palanga Airport was able to restore 89% of its pre-pandemic passenger flow. In July this year, 29,000 passengers travelled through this gateway, compared to 17,600 last year and around 32,000 in 2019. The Palanga Airport has been able to restore 70% of its previous flight flow. Last month, the airport handled 352 flights, compared to 372 flights in the same period last year and 503 flights in 2019.

Compared to June, average load factors have gone up with traditional carriers' load factor reaching 77% in July and low-cost airlines' load factor reaching 89%. Similar rates were recorded before the epidemic, according to aviation experts.

There were 1.4 thousand tons of cargo transported through Lithuanian airports this year compared to the 2019 16 growth. More than 1.7 thousand tonnes of cargo were transported in July 2019, while almost 1.7 thousand tons of cargo were transported through Lithuanian airports this year. The figure was higher last year, at 1.8 thousand tonnes. The most cargo handled by Vilnius Airport -- almost 1.3 thousand tonnes, the Kaunas Airport handled 363 tons and the Palanga Airport handled 0.1 tons of cargo.

In July of this year, the number of destinations available at Lithuanian airports has surpassed the results of last year, with 92 destinations available in July 2019, 76 in 2021 and 90 in July this year. London is the most popular destination for a trip to the city.