“Latvian Hockey Team’s Success Takes Flight with Sold-Out “airBaltic” Flights to Tampere and Helsinki”

“airBaltic” representatives inform that the flight planned for Friday to Tampere is sold out.

“We are currently in discussions about possible additional flights,” the airline said, noting that information would be provided as soon as it became available to the airline.

At the same time, “airBaltic” representatives point out that tickets for flights to Helsinki are also being actively bought.

It has already been announced that on Thursday, May 25, the Latvian men’s hockey team defeated the Swedish national team in the quarter-finals of the world championship in Riga, entering the semi-finals for the first time in history. Latvia celebrated the victory with 3:1 (1:0, 0:1, 2:0). Dans Ločmelis, Miks Indrašis and Jānis Jaks scored for Latvia, and Timotijs Liljegrens scored for Sweden.

In the semi-finals, Latvia will have to fight against Canada, against whom they experienced a defeat at the beginning of the championship. The fight for medals will be held by Latvia at the weekend in the Finnish city of Tampere.

The Latvian state owns 97.97% of “airBaltic” shares, while “Aircraft Leasing 1” owned by financial investor, Danish businessman Lars Tūsen – 2.03%.