Author: Janis Vanags
Source: A/S Air Baltic Corporation
On March 31, the Latvian national airline airBaltic starts a route linking the Estonian capital of Tallinn with the Finnish city of Tampere.
Tero Taskila, Chief Commercial Officer of airBaltic: “Finland and Estonia are important markets for airBaltic. We clearly see that both markets are underserved and need more routes.”
|
New route |
Days of operation |
Starting date |
Price (including taxes, fees and service charges)* |
|
Talinn (Estonia) – Tampere (Finland) |
3,6,7 |
March 31 |
EUR 19 |
* The lowest available fare at www.airbaltic.com.
airBaltic will fly from Tampere to Tallinn three times a week on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Passengers will board a Fokker 50 aircraft for a flight that will last for 50 minutes. One-way ticket prices will start at EUR 19, including airport fees and transaction costs. A full schedule of flights is available on the company’s homepage – www.airbaltic.com.
For 2009 airBaltic has announced 20 million EUR preliminary profit, and achieved 6% passenger growth to 2.75 million passengers. In Finland, airBaltic offers flights from Helsinki, Lappeenranta, Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Koupio, Vaasa, Kuusamo, Rovaniemi. airBaltic serves 80 destinations from its home base at Riga, Latvia. From every one of these, airBaltic offers convenient connections via North Hub Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.
airBalticin brief:
AIR BALTIC CORPORATION (airBaltic) is a joint stock company that was established in 1995. The primary shareholders are the Latvian state, with 52.6% of stock, and SIA Baltijas aviācijas sistēmas, with 47.2% of stock. The airBaltic fleet consists of 31 aircraft – ten Boeing 737-500, eight Boeing 737-300, two Boeing 757-200, and eleven Fokker 50 airplanes. airBaltic offers nonstop flights from three Baltic capital cities – Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn. airBaltic received the title of Airline of the Year 2009/2010 (Gold Award) from the European Regions Airline Association. airBaltic is the winner of Air Transport World Phoenix Award 2010 – a global recognition of excellence in restructuring business.
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