Tallinn Lennart Meri Airport
| Tallinn Lennart Meri Airport | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EETN |
| IATA code | TLL |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 40 m (131 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 4 km southeast of Tallinn |
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| Local transport | Bus , tram |
| Basic data | |
| opening | September 20, 1936 |
| operator | Tallinn Airport Ltd |
| Passengers | 3,267,910 (2019) |
| Air freight | 10,916 t (2019) |
| Flight movements |
47,867 (2019) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 08/26 | 3490 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Tallinn Airport (Estonian: Lennart Meri Tallinna Lennujaam , including Tallinn- Ülemiste ) is the international airport of the Estonian capital Tallinn . It is located about 4 km southeast of the city center. The airport is served by both low-cost airlines and larger airlines. It has five taxiways and a runway with a length of 3070 and a width of 45 meters, which is large enough for wide-body aircraft. The passenger terminal has 14 gates .
history
Opening and first years
The airport was built between 1932 and 1936. It was officially opened on September 20, 1936, but the first aircraft landed on the site before then.
Soviet period
Between 1945 and 1989, Aeroflot was the only airline flying to the airport.
At the end of the 1970s a new terminal was built and the runway was extended. SAS was the first foreign airline to land in Tallinn in 1989 .
Modern development
In 1999 the terminal was renewed. In 2008 the extension of the airport building was inaugurated after a major renovation. As a result, the take-off and landing fees were increased; however, after individual carriers withdrew, the fees were reduced again at the end of 2010.
On March 29, 2009, the airport was named after the first democratic President of Estonia to regain independence, Lennart Meri .
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Terminals
There is a passenger terminal and four air cargo terminals in the airport. As the current terminal capacity of 2.5 million passengers per year has almost been reached and the number of passengers is growing rapidly (+38.2% in 2011), a new terminal for low-cost airlines is being built.
Terminal building
The Estonian EXPO Center, a year-round permanent exhibition, is located next to Exit 3. The exhibition serves as a marketing area, where advertising representatives present the participating companies and help to find cooperation partners in certain business areas. The exhibition opened on July 22, 2010. Viru Keemia Grupp opened another exhibition on January 9, 2013 at exit 4, which deals with the history and development of the Estonian oil shale industry .
Furnishing
Facilities include a post office, telephone services, Skype telephone booths, free internet kiosks, free WiFi access, luggage storage, clothes storage and luggage sealing. Restaurants, cafes, duty-free shops, travel agencies, exchange offices, ATMs and porter service are also available.
There are three bus stops at the terminal, which are located on level 0 in front of the arrivals area.
Business Class passengers as well as Priority Pass members, Airport Angel members (including Diners Club members) and Dragon Pass members have access to the Business Lounge, which is located in a closed area of the passenger terminal.
An additional Tallinn Airport GH check-in machine is located in the Radisson Blu Hotel Tallinn. Travelers can check in online and print out their boarding passes directly from the hotel lobby. The system allows you to check-in 24 hours before departure and select the seat you want.
Point-to-point terminal (Terminal 2)
On April 12, 2012, the airport management announced that a new terminal with five exits for low-cost airlines will be built next year, which will also be easily scalable or expandable. The new terminal is intended for low-cost airlines such as Ryanair , Easyjet and Norwegian who want to pay lower fees and do not make full use of airport services.
The new terminal will have a handling capacity of 1 million passengers per year. The freed-up capacity at the old terminal building will then be available to the national flag carrier Estonian Air and traditional airlines such as Lufthansa , SAS , LOT and Finnair .
Air freight
Tallinn Airport has 4 air freight terminals with a total of 5000 m² of storage space. Cargo 2 is operated by TNT Express Worldwide . Other logistics companies also include DHL , UPS and FedEx .
aims
Until it ceased operations in 2015, Estonian Air and its subsidiary Estonian Air Regional operated a base at Tallinn Airport and flew to various European and regional destinations. In its role as Estonia's national airline, it was replaced by Nordica , which operates a base at the airport.
The most popular scheduled flight destinations in 2008 were Helsinki, London, Copenhagen and Oslo, most of the charter passengers were handled to and from Egypt, Turkey, Spain and Greece.
Goals in German-speaking countries include a. Berlin , Bremen , Hanover , Frankfurt am Main , Munich and Vienna .
Basic data
The number of passengers was 1.81 million in 2008, 1.54 million in 2006, in 2005 there were 1.4 million passengers, 83% in scheduled flights and 17% in charter flights (2008). In 2008 there were 41,654 take-offs and landings (+ 7% compared to the previous year) and 41,866 tons of air freight were handled.
Trivia
In 1995, after returning from a trip abroad, President Lennart Meri and then Foreign Minister Riivo Sinijärv held an impromptu press conference in the airport toilet to draw attention to the poor structural and hygienic condition.
The airport offers all travelers free internet access via WLAN .
Air transport services
Clearance
Tallinn Airport GH operates in the field of airport handling. In 2010, Finnair named Tallinn Airport GH the most punctual handling company in Europe and the third best in the world.
Aircraft maintenance
On the airport site is u. A. the MRO operation Air Maintenance Estonia (AME) is located. On September 6, 2012, the company took over a 5000 m² pillar-free aircraft maintenance hangar from the airport operator, which is suitable for the maintenance of narrow-body aircraft such as the A320 or Boeing 737 . In total, AME has three lines for base maintenance and two additional lines for inspection and minor modifications. With the commissioning of the new hangar, the maximum annual maintenance capacity will be increased from 24 to 72 aircraft. According to AME, the new hall should allow a planned doubling of its employees.
Traffic figures
Development of traffic figures
Since 1998 the number of passengers has increased by an average of 14.2% per year. On November 16, 2012, the commercial passenger volume on a twelve-month basis exceeded the 2 million mark for the first time and in 2018, 3 million passengers. The passenger numbers represent international flights and domestic traffic; the proportion of domestic flights compared to international flights is negligible.
| Year of operation | Passenger volume | Flight movements | Air freight [ t ] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 564,512 | 24,951 | 5992 |
| 1999 | 551.996 | 23,594 | 5325 |
| 2000 | 559,800 | 23,358 | 4689 |
| 2001 | 573,758 | 23,633 | 4543 |
| 2002 | 606.348 | 26,226 | 4292 |
| 2003 | 716.204 | 25,294 | 5076 |
| 2004 | 997.680 | 28,149 | 5238 |
| 2005 | 1,402,538 | 33,610 | 9936 |
| 2006 | 1,542,937 | 33,989 | 10,361 |
| 2007 | 1,729,576 | 38,844 | 22,764 |
| 2008 | 1,812,791 | 41,654 | 41,867 |
| 2009 | 1,346,236 | 32,572 | 21.001 |
| 2010 | 1,384,831 | 33,587 | 11,960 |
| 2011 | 1,913,172 | 40,298 | 18,371 |
| 2012 | 2,206,791 | 48,531 | 23,921 |
| 2013 | 1,958,801 | 37,856 | 20,941 |
| 2014 | 2,017,371 | 37,791 | 19,860 |
| 2015 | 2,166,820 | 41,513 | 16,156 |
| 2016 | 2,221,615 | 40,938 | 13,940 |
| 2017 | 2,648,361 | 45,325 | 11,345 |
| 2018 | 3,007,644 | 48,568 | 11,518 |
| 2019 | 3,267,910 | 47,867 | 10,916 |
Passenger volume
Busiest routes
| Rank (2011) |
target | Passengers (2011) |
Passengers (2010) |
Change (in%) 2010/11 |
Passengers (2009) |
Change (in%) 2009/10 |
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| 1 (2) |
 Helsinki
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184,762 | 147.945 | + 24.9 | 149,390 | - 1.0 |
| 2 (1) |
 Riga
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173,768 | 150.024 | + 15.8 | 154,742 | - 3.0 |
| 3 (6) |
 London (all)
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161,423 | 84,329 | + 91.4 | 99,864 | - 15.6 |
| 4 (4) |
 Stockholm (all)
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145.964 | 115.046 | + 26.9 | 112,861 | + 1.9 |
| 5 (3) |
 Copenhagen
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133.101 | 140.997 | - 5.6 | 142,449 | - 1.0 |
Transport links
bus
There are three bus stops on Level 0 that serve the airport. Bus line "2" leaves from stop 1 in the direction of the city center. Stop 2 is used for the departure and arrival of long-distance bus routes. Bus number "2" in the direction of Mõigu and bus route "65" in the direction of Lasnamäe leave from stop 3 .
Shuttle bus
The Tallinn Airport Shuttle shared taxi offers a connection from the airport to any point in the city. The minibus runs every day and a ticket within the Tallinn city limits costs € 5.
National long-distance buses
The long-distance bus line "Täistunniekspress" (German: The hourly express ) connects Tallinn and Tartu every hour . The long-distance bus route "158" connects Tallinn and Tartu once a day late in the evening. On the way to Tartu, the bus also stops at Kose intersection, Mäo and Puhu intersection. Tickets for national long-distance bus services can be purchased from a ticket machine at the airport or printed out on the Internet or over the phone.
train
The nearest train station to the airport, Ülemiste, is around 800 meters away, next to the Ülemiste Keskus shopping center. The stop is of regional trains and regional rail -lines of Elron served. The bus line "65" and tram line "4" connect the Ülemiste train station with the airport. The Tallinn tram also connects the airport directly with the city center.
Street
The airport is located on the southeast border of Tallinn City and Harjumaa County . The Europastraße runs together with the national road and connects the airport with the city center.
Park
There are four parking areas for passengers and visitors in the airport. These are divided into three short-term parking spaces and one long-term parking space.
taxi
Three major taxi companies serve the airport: Tulika Takso, Tallink Takso and Tallinna Takso.
Car rental
The car rental companies Avis , Sixt , Europcar , Budget Rent a Car , Hertz and National have offices at the airport.
Incidents
- On February 28, 2018, both engines failed in an Airbus A320-214 operated by the Estonian SmartLynx Airlines Estonia ( aircraft registration ES-SAN ) and the flight control system largely failed on a training flight at Tallinn Airport. In the case of a touch-and-go , the aircraft no longer responded to control commands, but took off anyway, only to hit the runway hard 200 meters before the end. Both engines were badly damaged; the machine rose again steeply and after a complete failure of the pitch control of all flight control computers (SEC and ELAC) could only be controlled by trimming the horizontal stabilizer. Engine 2 (right) began to burn. The aircraft climbed uncontrollably to an altitude of 480 meters (1590 feet) and then went into a dive, which could only be trimmed at 180 meters (596 feet) height. After reaching an altitude of 400 meters (1300 feet), the right engine failed completely, 20 seconds later the left engine also failed, followed by the normal power supply. Nevertheless, the pilots managed to crash-land in the snow to the left of the runway. All seven crew members, the only occupants, survived. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The main causes identified were a "weakness" in part of the flight control programming and another serious error in the logic of the SECs (Spoiler Elevator Computer).
See also
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Tallinn Airport website (Estonian, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Statistics. Tallinn-Airport.ee, accessed March 4, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Tallinn Airport to build new cheap flights terminal. (No longer available online.) In: www.vm.ee. BNS, April 12, 2012, archived from the original on December 13, 2013 ; accessed on February 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tallinn Airport Posts 38 Percent Passenger Traffic Growth for 2011. (No longer available online.) In: www.vm.ee. BNS, January 5, 2012, archived from the original on June 8, 2012 ; accessed on February 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ How does the presentation of the company and establishing contacts take place? In: www.estonianexpocenter.com. Estonian Expo Center, accessed February 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Ardo Kaljuvee: Lennujaamas alustab tööd Ekspokeskus. In: www.epl.ee. Eesti Päevaleht, July 22, 2010, accessed February 20, 2013 (Estonian).
- ↑ VKG opens its own gate at Tallinn Airport. In: www.vkg.ee. VKG, January 9, 2013, accessed February 20, 2013 .
- ^ Tallinn Airport - Clothes Storage. (No longer available online.) In: www.tallinn-airport.ee. Tallinn Airport, archived from the original on June 9, 2013 ; accessed on February 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Tallinn Airport - Public Transport. (No longer available online.) In: www.tallinn-airport.ee. Tallinn Airport, archived from the original on February 17, 2013 ; accessed on February 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tallinn Airport - Business Class Lounge. In: www.tallinn-airport.ee. Tallinn Airport, accessed April 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Toomas Hõbemägi: Tallinn Airport opens check-in terminal at the Radisson Blu Hotel. In: www.balticbusinessnews.com. Baltic Business News, October 19, 2012, accessed February 20, 2013 .
- ^ Ott Tammik: Tallinn Airport to Build New Terminal for Discount Carriers. In: news.err.ee. ERR, April 12, 2012, accessed February 20, 2013 .
- ^ Tallinn Airport - Technical data. (No longer available online.) In: www.tallinn-airport.ee. Tallinn Airport, archived from the original on March 28, 2012 ; accessed on February 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tallinn Airport Magazine March 2009.
- ↑ Tiit Pruuli (ed.): Lennart Meri. The Pathfinder. Varrak, Tallinn 2009.
- ↑ 2010. aasta tapseim teenindus. In: www.groundhandling.ee. Tallinn Airport GH, accessed February 9, 2013 (Estonian).
- ↑ Press Release: Major expansion at Air Maintenance Estonia. In: www.ame.ee. Air Maintenance Estonia, September 12, 2012, accessed February 9, 2013 .
- ↑ AME Has Big Aspirations for Newly Opened Hangar at Tallinn Airport. In: news.err.ee. ERR, September 6, 2012, accessed February 9, 2013 .
- ↑ PHOTOD: Vaata, kuidas saabus Tallinna lennujaama kahe miljones reisija. In: www.delfi.ee. DELFI, November 16, 2012, accessed January 20, 2013 (Estonian).
- ↑ Tallinn Airport - Shuttle Bus. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 23, 2013 ; accessed on January 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ TIMETABLE OF HOURLY EXPRESS. (No longer available online.) In: www.sebe.ee. SEBE, archived from the original on December 13, 2013 ; accessed on February 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sõiduplaan. (No longer available online.) In: www.sebe.ee. SEBE, archived from the original on June 7, 2013 ; Retrieved February 20, 2013 (Estonian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Self-service ticket machine now available at Tallinn Airport! In: www.tpilet.ee. Tpilet, accessed February 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Andres Reimer: Tallinn Ülemiste algatab supervaksali planeeringu. In: www.epl.ee. Eesti Päevaleht, June 27, 2012, accessed January 20, 2013 (Estonian).
- ^ Tallinn Airport - Parking. Retrieved January 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Tallinn Airport - Taxi. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 11, 2012 ; accessed on January 19, 2013 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Accident report A320 ES-SAN , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 1, 2020.
- ↑ Flight International, November 12, 2019 (English), p. 18.
