Editing Tallinn Airport (section)

===Soviet period===
Between 1945 and 1989, [[Aeroflot]] was the only airline that served Tallinn Airport.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}

[[File:Aeropuerto Internacional de Tallinn, Estonia, 2012-08-05, DD 03.JPG|thumb|left|The old terminal was used from 1954 to 1980.<ref name="Eesti Päevaleht" />]]

The construction of the new passenger terminal, which was put on hold due to war, resumed. The building, which was redesigned in accordance with the [[Stalinist architecture]], was finished in 1954 and commissioned on 7 November 1955. Regular flights with jet aircraft began on 2 October 1962 with a maiden passenger flight from [[Vnukovo International Airport|Moscow]] with a [[Tu-124]], which was the latest Soviet airliner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tupolev.ru/russian/Show.asp?SectionID=344 |script-title=ru:ТУ-124 |publisher=tupolev.ru |access-date=9 January 2013 |language=ru |archive-date=12 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812235136/http://www.tupolev.ru/Russian/Show.asp?SectionID=344 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As the terminal built in 1954 became obsolete and unable to cope with growing airport traffic, the construction of the current terminal building began in 1976 and the terminal was opened in 1980, prior to the [[Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics sailing event]], which was held in the city. The architect of the new terminal was Mihhail Piskov, who took visual inspiration from traditional Estonian housebarns, and the interior designer was Maile Grünberg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tallinn-airport.ee/tallinna-lennujaam-80/avati-uus-tallinna-lennujaama-reisiterminal/ |title=VIDEO, GALERII: Lennujaam sai olümpiaks uue reisiterminali |publisher=tallinn-airport.ee |language=et |access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref> The runway was also lengthened then. The first foreign airline since World War II to operate regular flights from Tallinn was [[Scandinavian Airlines System|SAS]], whose first flight to the airport took place on 25 November 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tallinn-airport.ee/tallinna-lennujaam-80/tallinna-lennujaam-muutub-50-aasta-jarel-taas-rahvusvaheliseks/ |title=VIDEO: Tallinna Lennujaam muutus 50 aasta järel taas rahvusvaheliseks |publisher=tallinn-airport.ee |language=et |access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref>