Located just west of the capital of Latvia, Riga International Airport is the largest in all of the Baltic States; it handled over three and a half million passengers last year. Car hire at Riga Airport is a convenient and easy way to get to any travel destination in and around the city.

Riga Airport offers access to over 60 destinations and 30 different countries. It is a publicly owned airport and is under the control of the Latvian Transport Ministry. The airport is currently comprised of three main terminals but the Latvian government has plans to expand the airport by 2011 and give it capacity to service over twenty million passengers a year. The major air carrier at Riga Airport is AirBaltic.

Cheap car hire at Riga Airport can be booked over the internet through any of the major rental providers available in the area. After getting a car you will have no trouble travelling into the capital Riga or going for a sojourn on the Baltic Coast.

For those visiting the airport you can pick up a copy of the free magazine Gateway Riga which is published three times per year and advertises all the airport has to offer it’s guests. Gateway Riga also contains information about car rental at Riga Airport which available through the many companies that are currently operating there.

The airport is connected to European highway route E22 by highway P133 so can rental provides the most diverse form of transport for those that need to access a wide variety of destinations.