airBaltic Starts Stockholm-Oulu and Stockholm-Tallinn Flights

02.06.2010 06:09 | Latvia

Author: Janis Vanags
Source: A/S Air Baltic Corporation

On June 1, the Latvian national airline airBaltic will start operating flights on the routes from the Swedish capital of Stockholm to Finnish city of Oulu and the Estonian capital of Tallinn.

NEW FLIGHTS

Reklāma

Days of operation

Starting date

Price (including taxes, fees and service charges)*

Stockholm - Oulu (Finland)

1,2,3,4,5

June 1

EUR 55

Stockholm - Tallinn (Estonia)

1,2,3,4,5

June 1

EUR 45

* The lowest available fare at www.airbaltic.com.

airBaltic will fly from Stockholm to Oulu five times a week – Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Passengers will board a Fokker 50 aircraft for a flight that will last for an hour and 55 minutes. One-way ticket prices will start at EUR 55, including airport fees and transaction costs.

The airline will operate flights from Stockholm to Tallinn five times a week – Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Passengers will board a Fokker 50 aircraft for a flight that will last for an hour and 15 minutes. One-way ticket prices will start at EUR 45, including airport fees and transaction costs. A full schedule of flights is available on the company’s homepage – www.airbaltic.com.

A full schedule of airBaltic flights can be found on the company’s homepage at http://www.airbaltic.com/ The website also offers travel packages (flights +hotels) at -20% discount, and a wide range of other products and services.

For 2009 airBaltic has announced 20 million EUR preliminary profit, and achieved 6% passenger growth to 2.75 million passengers.

airBaltic has been selected for anna.aero ANNIES award as the Europe's largest flag carrier by new routes, operating this summer 27 routes more than in 2009. airBaltic serves 80 destinations from its North Hub in Riga, Latvia. Regardless of the point of departure, airBaltic offers convenient connections over its North Hub Riga to the airline’s network in 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.