ELTA informs that 175.2 thousand passengers arrived to Lithuania by air this year. It is about 5.8 percent more than last year. The number of departing people reached 189.8 thousand. Most arriving and departing people used regular airline flights.

Traditionally, most people travel from Lithuania to the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, and Italy.

407.6 thousand passengers used the Lithuanian airlines this year. It is more by 10.3 percent than last year.

Despite the increasing number of passengers in national airports, the amount of cargo hasdropped. Lithuanian airports carried 1.3 thousand tons of cargo in the period from January to September, but only 0.1 tons were transported by Lithuanian airlines.

General movement of cargo decreased by 14.9 percent when compared to the third quarter of 2013 and the number of cargo transported by Lithuanian airlines decreased by 27.1 percent.