LED is owned by Fraport and the city government
About Fraport I didnīt know, the city government is for sure.
I think that in Russia it's still possible to create obstacles to anything if you have the "connections" good enough to get someone high-ranked on your side.
So far no signs of it. The journalists at the press conference asked if there are many pax late due to the border control; "the coaches are on time, sometimes a couple of people (travelling by private car) arrive late, not even every day".
There are also plans to create the daily direct train from St. Petersburg to Lappeenranta (trains do not have to wait) and a bus connection from the border train station to bring pax from St. Petersburg - Helsinki express to Lappeenranta (this "
Allegro" high speed train's frequency will be raised to four daily by next summer).
Trains, however, are much more expensive than the airport coaches.