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In July, airBaltic carried 2.5 times more passengers than a month earlier – Branches – Financenet

In July, airBaltic operated 2019 flights, which is 1.9 times more than in June.

Martin Gauss, CEO of airBaltic, said July was the second full month since resuming operations on 18 May.

“In July, we carried 2.5 times more passengers and almost twice as many flights as a month ago. From our operational point of view, we are ready to continue to connect the Baltic States with the rest of the world, but in view of the In Europe, changing day by day, we are limited to achieving the levels of operational capacity we had already set for July, “said Gauss.

It has already been reported that in the first half of this year, airBaltic carried 810,317 passengers, which was 64% less than in the corresponding period last year due to Covid-19.

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 has slightly more than 96% of the voting rights in the capital of airBaltic, while Aircraft Leasing 1, which is owned by the financial investor, Danish businessman Lars Tussen, has less than 4%.

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