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11:44APTRiga Airport Breaks Ground on €98 Million Terminal Expansion to Chase 12 Million PassengersJUST IN11:41PAXUnited's App Now Lets You Jump to an Earlier Flight and See TSA Wait Times Before You Leave HomeUPDATED11:41AIRFrom 11 Jets to 31: SpiceJet Leases 20 Aircraft to Rebuild Its Fleet Before WinterNEW11:41AIREasyJet's French Pilots Call a September 13-14 Strike — Weeks After Cabin Crew Won the Same FightNEW
Riga Airport Breaks Ground on €98 Million Terminal Expansion to Chase 12 Million Passengers
Riga International Airport has moved its passenger terminal expansion into construction, a €98 million, four-stage project meant to lift annual capacity from around 8 million to roughly 12 million passengers by 2030.
Rajkumar Agarwal · 7 September 2026
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Riga Airport Breaks Ground on €98 Million Terminal Expansion to Chase 12 Million Passengers
Riga International Airport has moved its passenger terminal expansion into construction, a €98 million, four-stage project meant to lift annual capacity from around 8 million to roughly 12 million passengers by 2030.
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