Editing Tallinn Airport (section)

====Baltic Sea cruise turnarounds====
[[File:Embraer 170 (Estonian Air) Aeropuerto Tallinn, Estonia, 2012-08-05, DD 06.jpg|thumb|[[Estonian Air]] at Tallinn Airport (2012)]]
In 2011 a new project of cruise turnarounds was launched in cooperation with [[Tallinn Passenger Port]] and Happy Cruises. More than 7,000 Spanish passengers travelled that year on charter flights to and from Tallinn Airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=1,9 million passengers served in 2011 |url=http://www.tallinn-airport.ee/eng/news/?archive=1&year=2012&newsID=6070 |publisher=tallinn-airport.ee |date=9 January 2012 |access-date=28 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133415/https://www.tallinn-airport.ee/eng/news/?archive=1&year=2012&newsID=6070 |archive-date=2 April 2015  }}</ref> As the airport is located only {{Convert|5|km|abbr=on}} from the city center cruise quay, transfer time from airport to cruise ship is under an hour.<ref>{{cite news |first=Teijo |last=Niemelä |title=Pullmantur revives Tallinn's turnaround sector |url=http://www.cruisebusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2685:pullmantur-revives-tallinns-turnaround-sector&catid=43:latest-news-catecory&Itemid=115 |publisher=cruisebusiness.com |date=16 July 2012 |access-date=28 September 2012}}</ref>

In 2012, [[Pullmantur Air]] started its charter operations from [[Madrid–Barajas Airport]] with three [[Airbus A321]]s and two to three [[Boeing 747]]s. During the summer 2012 about 16,000 tourists were transferred.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lennujaama 76. aasta tähtsündmus oli pööringusuvi |url=http://www.tallinn-airport.ee/news/?newsID=6184 |publisher=tallinn-airport.ee |date=20 September 2012 |access-date=28 September 2012 |language=et}}</ref> The company continued operations in 2013, transferring 25,000 tourists in five turnarounds,<ref>{{cite news |title=Pööringuga käis Eestis 25 000 hispaanlast |url=http://arileht.delfi.ee/news/tarbija/pooringuga-kais-eestis-25-000-hispaanlast.d?id=67525886 |work=Ärileht.ee |publisher=delfi.ee |language=et |date=30 December 2013 |access-date=31 December 2013}}</ref> as well as there was one partial turnaround operation for the cruise ship [[MS Deutschland]] operated by [[Peter Deilmann Cruises]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tallinna külastab suvehooaja esimene kruiisilaev Astor |url=http://www.ts.ee/uudised?&art=335 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701094115/http://www.ts.ee/uudised?&art=335 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2013 |publisher=Port of Tallinn |date=29 April 2012 |access-date=3 May 2013 |language=et }}</ref>

In 2015, cruise tourists were attended to by four airlines – [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]], [[Iberia Express]], [[Wamos Air]], and [[Vueling]]. Some 5,000 passengers were expected during three turnarounds for [[Pullmantur Cruises]] cruise line.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tallinn-airport.ee/eng/news/?newsID=6806 |title=Turnaround season begins this weekend |publisher=tallinn-airport.ee |date=10 July 2015 |access-date=12 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712190331/https://www.tallinn-airport.ee/eng/news/?newsID=6806 |archive-date=12 July 2015  }}</ref> Tallinn Airport served 9,369 cruise turnaround passengers in 2015. No cruise turnarounds are expected in summer 2016 due to construction works, but the airport plans to continue them in 2017.<ref name="Summary 2015">{{cite news |url=http://www.tallinn-airport.ee/en/news/tallinn-airport-passenger-volumes-up-by-7-4-per-cent-in-2015/ |title=Tallinn Airport passenger volumes up by 7.4 per cent in 2015 |publisher=tallinn-airport.ee |date=6 January 2016 |access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref>