“Milestone (lit. historical achievement), which we did not really expect to achieve three years ago”, emphasized the head of Lithuanian airports.
According to him, excluding passengers flying in other directions who do not leave the airport, Vilnius airport handled about 535,000 passengers in May. passengers, and at Riga airport – about 499 thousand.
In total, Lithuanian airports served 734.4 thousand passengers in May. of passengers – this is a new one-month record (so far, 707 thousand have been served in August 2025) and 8.5 percent. more than last year.
In May, Vilnius airport served almost 542 thousand, Kaunas airport – 157 thousand, Palanga – 36 thousand. passengers. Kaunas Airport stood out for its particularly rapid growth (10%) compared to the same period last year.
“Unfortunately, charter flights continue to fall, but thanks to passengers on regular flights, new destinations have increased by as much as 14 percent,” emphasized S. Bartkus.
The number of flights in Vilnius exceeded 4 thousand in May. limit – a total of 4247 flights were served. The number of flights served in Kaunas reached 1140 in May, and 407 in Palanga.
