Tallinn Airport served a record number of passengers in October

Tallinn Airport served 348,215 passengers in October, making it the busiest month of 2025 and the second-busiest month in the airport’s history (the record of 350,209 passengers was set in August 2024). The October result fell just short of the all-time record. Compared to October last year, passenger numbers increased by 2.8%.

“The autumn school holidays once again brought a large number of travellers to the airport and, as usual, this is one of the busiest periods of the year. The strong result in October shows that Estonians enjoy travelling and are taking advantage of an increasingly diverse range of flight options. We are grateful to all the airlines that help connect Estonia with the world,” said Eero Pärgmäe, Member of the Management Board of Tallinn Airport.

The growth in October was supported by an increase in the average load factor of scheduled flights to 75% (compared to 72.5% in 2024) and a significant rise in charter flights, where passenger numbers grew by 47% year-on-year. Despite the growing popularity of charter flights, over 80% of passengers still travelled on scheduled services.

In October, it was possible to fly from Tallinn to 34 destinations with scheduled flights. The most popular destination was Antalya, which was served by both charter and scheduled flights and attracted more than 50,000 passengers (round trips combined). New destinations added during the month were Kraków (Wizz Air) and Funchal, Madeira (airBaltic). The airlines that carried the most passengers were airBaltic, Ryanair, Lufthansa, and SAS, whose combined market share exceeded 50%.

A total of 3,870 flight operations took place in October, averaging 125 landings and take-offs per day.

“During the winter season, passengers can look forward to a diverse selection of direct flights. In addition to newly opened routes such as Funchal (airBaltic) and Kraków, Wizz Air will launch direct flights to Budapest, Venice, and Vilnius. airBaltic will offer flights to sunny destinations such as Barcelona, Gran Canaria, Málaga, Nice, and Tenerife. SAS will increase the frequency of flights to Copenhagen to three per day. For charter holiday travellers, two familiar warm destinations will be available: Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh,” Pärgmäe commented.

Preparations for the 2026 summer season are largely complete. airBaltic will open direct flights from Tallinn to Athens, Hamburg, and Vienna, and will increase flight frequencies to Copenhagen and Munich. Altogether, the airline will offer direct flights from Tallinn to more than 25 destinations across Europe in 2026.

Wizz Air will continue to expand in Tallinn. In addition to its existing routes (Budapest, Kraków, Venice, London, and Vilnius), a new destination — Gdańsk — will be added in May.

For the summer season, Transavia France will resume direct flights to Paris Orly Airport, and Eurowings will return with direct flights to Prague.

Regional airports served a total of 8,614 passengers in October: Tartu Airport 4,501, Kuressaare Airport 2,990, Kärdla Airport 917, Ruhnu Airfield 110, and Pärnu Airport 96 passengers.