airBaltic and Transaero to Offer Destinations in Russia, Central Asia and Far East

01.02.2011 06:04 | Latvia

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

Latvian national airline airBaltic has concluded a cooperation agreement (code-share agreement) with Transaero to offer convenient connections via Moscow Domodedovo to destinations in Russia, Central Asia and Far East.

Tero Taskila, Chief Commercial Officer of airBaltic: “We are happy to sign this agreement with Transaero as it allows us to offer attractive ticket prices for flights to destinations in Russia, Central Asia and Far East, while Transaero passengers will find it convenient to travel to Rīga and beyond to Europe, Scandinavia and the Middle East.”

The new agreement will enable airBaltic passengers to reach such destinations as Samara, Kazan, Ufa, Krasnodar, Magnitogorsk, Sochi, Anapa, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Yekaterinburg, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novy Urengoy, Yakutsk, Ulan-Ude, Anadyr, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Petropavlovsk, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Magadan. In addition, passengers will have convenient connections to Central Asian destinations – Astana, Karaganda, Almaty, Kostanay, Shymkent, Aktau, Uralsk, Bukhara.

The lowest ticket prices for these flights are available at www.airbaltic.com, as well as at the online travel agency www.airbaltictravel.com.

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 34 aircraft – six Boeing 737-500, eight Boeing 737-300, two Boeing 757-200, ten Fokker 50 airplanes and eight Bombardier Q400Next Gen. 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. In summer 2010, airBaltic was chosen for anna.aero ANNIES Award as Europe's largest flag carrier by new routes. airBaltic won a special Pacesetter Award 2010 from the Jury of the Budgies World Low Cost Airline Awards, recognising achievements of airBaltic as a hybrid airline.