The number of passengers of Estonian Air increased by 9.1% in July

In July 2014, Estonian Air carried altogether 55 445 passengers, an increase of 9.1% compared to the same month last year when Estonian Air carried 50 806 passengers. In July Estonian Air operated 967 flights, an increase of 12.1%.

During the last two months the number of passengers has shown upward trend that has been influenced by high demand for our summer destinations, increased number of flights and good performance of charter flights. “It is good to note that we have managed to turn the number of passengers onto path of growth and we are working actively with both, business and private customers to ensure sustainable growth trend,” says Indrek Randveer, the CCO of Estonian Air.

“ Our summer destinations have been very well received by the customers. In July we experienced better development than expected on our Nice, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Moscow and Trondheim routes. At the same time passenger volumes on Kiev route continued to decrease due to the uncertain situation in Ukraine,“ added Randveer.

In the first seven months Estonian Air carried altogether 314 626 passengers, a decrease of 3.5% compared to 2013. In the same period, Estonian Air operated 6225 flights, which is 4% less compared to the same period last year.

The 15-minute punctuality of Estonian Air flights in the first seven months was 93.1%, an increase of 3 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The regularity was 99.3%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points compared to the same period last year. In July the punctuality was 87.8 and regularity 99.2 percentage.

Estonian Air is aiming to provide Estonia with reliable and regular double daily connections to destinations of strategic importance and of substantial demand. Being a small country on the periphery of Europe, Estonia depends on such connections, and Estonian Air is committed to provide these services.

In addition to direct flights, Estonian Air is providing more than 280 destinations around the world together with partner airlines with minimum connecting time. For instance, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Amsterdam airports act as important hubs for connecting flights around the whole world.

Estonian Air, Estonia’s national carrier, is the biggest operator at Tallinn Airport. The airline flies regular routes to Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Brussels, Oslo, Moscow, Munich, St Petersburg, Kiev, Vilnius and Trondheim. In addition, from May to September, Estonian Air flies to Nice and Split, from June to August to Paris and from June to the end of October to Berlin. From December 2014 to March 2015, Estonian Air will add seasonal flights to Munich.