Riga's airport, RIX, is located south of the city, in the community of Mārupe. The airport is also a hub for Air Baltic. I have been here before, but just transiting on Air Baltic. Now I flew here on Finnair, and back on the same day, on the day trip to ski (link, alt. link) and caves in Latvia (link, alt. link)... found a lounge that serves families as well as business travelers. Nice!
The airport is compactly sized and nice. I tested their lounge, the Primeclass Business Lounge (link). There was no warm food, but otherwise it was quite good, several types of sandwiches and ingredients to make more. And I loved the extra space, they had a meeting room, private suites, and a children's play room! Wow! Finally, someone understands what is needed from a lounge :-)
Official home page here, and wikipedia here.
Photos from the lounge:
Photos from the airport:
Photos from the flight and the Helsinki airport:
This article has also been published in Planetflier.com here. For more flying stories, check out the Planetflier.com website! And of course the Planetcaver, and
This article was originally published in the Planetskier Blogspot article series.
"Mongolia is kind of close, right? Story about an attempt to ski everywhere in the world where there's snow. And in some places where there isn't. On and off-piste skiing on all continents, skiing into craters of live volcanoes, climbing, photography, and travel." The Planetskier blog focuses on skiing, caving, climbing, biking, flying, sauna, and swimming adventures around the world. See the other Planetskier blog articles about skiing, caving, urban exploration, climbing, cycling, flying, swimming, and saunas.