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Riga Airport
Airport Directory » Latvia » Riga » Riga AirportRiga International Airport (IATA: RIX, ICAO: EVRA) was built in 1973 as an choice to Spilve, which had get outdated. It is 13km southwestward of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is the biggest airport in the Baltic provinces and is direct linked to over 60 destinations in 30 commonwealths. Renovation and modernisation of the airport was finished in 2001, cooccurring with the 800th day of remembrance of the constituting of the town. The airport is a state-owned joint-stock corporation, with the owner of all parts being the Latvian authority. The holder of the state capital part is Latvia's Ministry of Transport. Riga International Airport is a hub for airBaltic, SmartLynx Airlines, RAF-Avia, Vip Avia and Inversija air hose.
In 2006, the new northward depot extension was opened. The airport has 3 depots: A & C for non-Schengen, and B for Schengen going. Arrivals 1, in depot A, manages the Schengen reaches, while Arrivals 2, in depot C, manages the non-Schengen reaches. Also, a care, restore and pass installation was opened in the fall of 2006, to be run as a joint embark between 2 local corporations - Concors and SR-Technik.
The Latvian Government also architectural plans to construct another depot capable of care 20 million riders a yr. The 1st division of this labor has set about in 2008. The airport also programmes to construct new hotels, a business parkland, a 2nd wharf, new parkland, a 2nd landing track, a new control tower, a new high-speed tram link up or railway line to the town center, and a new check-in hallway, all by 2011. The airport is now begging tenders for airport enlargement that covers, as the 1st level, a building of a new (4th) depot with 23 entrances human facing northward, and in the 2nd level, seemlessly getting together the current airport depots with the new depot in a unified architectural entity.
Riga International Airport is 1 of 3 eminent airports in Latvia. The other 2 are the Liepāja International Airport and the Ventspils Airport. Riga International Airport's largest air bearer is airBaltic.
In 2008, the airport assisted 3,690,549 riders, a 17% increase over 2007.
The mag GatewayRiga is available for visitants and riders move through Riga airport. It has info on new air hose assisting Riga, new destinations and itineraries, and other info approximately the airport itself and ringing installations. It is print 3 clips per yr by SIA Check-In Media.
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