airBaltic in January carried 187236 passengers, load factor grows

16.02.2011 06:09 | Latvia

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

Latvian airline airBaltic carried 187,236 passengers in January 2011 (from Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn), representing 6% decrease comparing with the same month in 2010, when airBaltic transported 199,085 passengers.

In January, airBaltic operated 4,138 flights, or 3% more than in January 2010 when airBaltic operated 4,011 flights.

The airline’s load factor, which represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of available seats, in January 2011 was at a level of 58% - or 1% point more than in January 2010.

The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator for airBaltic was at a level of 83.2% in January 2011. This means that more than 83 of every 100 airBaltic flights in January departed at the planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes.

	January ‘11	January ‘10	Change
Number of flights	4,138	4.011	3%
Number of passengers	187,236	199,085	-6%
Load Factor	58%	57%	1% p.p.

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.