Number of flights handled by Latvian air traffic controller LGS up two times in first four months

• Published date: 06 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

RIGA, May 6 (LETA) - Latvian air traffic controller Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme (LGS), which is responsible for managing air traffic in Latvia, handled 60,939 flights in January-April 2022, up two times from the same period a year ago, the company said.

The January-April figure included 15,419 flights to and from Riga, up 2.6 times year-on-year, and 45,520 transit flights, up 86.6 from January-April 2021.

In April this year, LGS handled a total of 13,986 flights, which is 64.3 percent more than in April 2021. This includes 4,556 flights to and from Riga (2.6...