AirBaltic plans to operate flights from Riga to 49 destinations this summer

The Latvian national airline airBaltic plans to provide flights from Riga to 49 destinations by the end of August, Alise Briede, a representative of the airline, told LETA.

She pointed out that airBaltic currently operates direct flights from Riga to various European business transit hubs and continues to resume flights to popular holiday destinations such as Dubrovnik, Rijeka and Split in Croatia, Barcelona in Spain, Nice in France, Larnaca in Cyprus, Rome, Catania and Milan in Italy. , as well as others. In addition, airBaltic offers various direct flights from Tallinn and Vilnius.

AirBaltic plans to operate flights from Riga to 49 destinations by the end of August, and from Tallinn and Vilnius to 10 destinations from each city.

Briede explained that airBaltic works closely with the responsible authorities to follow the situation, as well as is flexible to adjust the flight schedule if necessary.

The airline encourages passengers to check travel rules and airport restrictions on official websites or local embassies before traveling. The rules are changing rapidly and vary from country to country, so you need to make sure you are up to date.

The company also pointed out that the number of new bookings and demand has tripled since the beginning of June. The most popular airBaltic leisure routes in the near future are Malaga in Spain and Athens in Greece, but in August the most popular destinations are Reykjavik in Iceland, as well as Dubrovnik and Split in Croatia.

Briede pointed out that stable growth trends also remain on such routes as Riga-Oslo, Riga-Berlin, Riga-Amsterdam, Riga-London, Riga-Dublin. Flights from London and Dublin to Riga are especially popular.

It has already been reported that airBaltic resumed scheduled flights on 18 May.

AirBaltic’s audited turnover last year was 503.281 million euros, which is 23.1% more than in 2018, but the company suffered a loss of 7.729 million euros compared to the profit a year earlier. The airline forecasts that its turnover this year will be less than 200 million euros.

The Latvian state owns 80.05% of airBaltic’s shares, while the financial investor, Danish businessman Lars Tussen, owns Aircraft Leasing 1 – almost 20%.

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