Tallinn Airport sets all-time passenger record in August
Tallinn Airport handled nearly 390,000 passengers in August, its best month ever, driven largely by rapid expansion from low-cost carrier Wizz Air.
Tallinn Airport recorded its best monthly result ever in August, serving close to 390,000 passengers — 16 percent more than in the same month last year. Over the first eight months of 2026, the airport handled 2.54 million passengers, up 11 percent year on year.
The growth was largely fueled by low-cost carrier Wizz Air, which has expanded rapidly at Tallinn Airport over the past year. In August it carried 18 percent of all passengers, flying to nine destinations. AirBaltic remained the airport's largest carrier with a 29 percent market share. Altogether, 19 airlines operated scheduled and charter flights from Tallinn to nearly 50 destinations.
Scheduled and charter traffic
Scheduled flights accounted for 94 percent of August passengers, while charter flights made up six percent, mostly to Antalya along with holiday destinations in Greece, Montenegro and Bulgaria. Warsaw was the busiest direct scheduled route, followed by Helsinki, Riga, Frankfurt and Stockholm.
Flight operations rose five percent compared with last August, reaching 4,047 landings and takeoffs, an average of 130 per day.
Tallinn Airport board member Eero Pärgmäe said passenger growth has stayed strong throughout the summer, adding that from the end of October the winter network will shrink somewhat as usual, but 39 direct destinations will still be available from Tallinn. In winter, AirBaltic will fly 12 routes from Tallinn including the Vienna connection launched this summer, Wizz Air will operate seven routes, and Eurowings will keep its Düsseldorf service. Jet2.com will boost its Christmas-season schedule, linking Tallinn to five UK cities instead of three previously.
Regional airports
Estonia's regional airports together served 6,787 passengers in August, down from 8,575 a year earlier, mainly because Kuressaare Airport was closed for three weeks of reconstruction work from August 10-31. Tartu Airport handled 3,998 passengers, Kärdla 1,558, and Kuressaare 1,121, while Pärnu Airport served just 33 passengers and Ruhnu airfield 77.
