airBaltic to Offer Tez Tour Charter Flights to Tenerife

09.06.2011 06:15 | Latvia

Author: Konstantin Palgov/Janis Vanags
Source: Tez Tour/Air Baltic Corporation

Latvian national airline airBaltic has concluded an agreement with international tour operator Tez Tour for summer charter flights to Tenerife in Spain. The airline is already offering 105 charter flights this summer to Turkey and Greece, but now it will add more than 20 flights from Riga to the Canary Islands. This is the longest charter flight airBaltic offers.

Starting from June 9 airBaltic will offer charter flights to Tenerife once a week – on Thursdays. Passengers will board Boeing 757 airplane, which is the largest plane in the airBaltic fleet.

Konstantin Palgov, Director of Tez Tour in Baltics: “The Canary Islands are the most distant place to which airBaltic flies at this time. We are proud to be partners with one of the best airlines in Europe. airBaltic is a very important to our customers.

Tez Tour has offered charter flights to Tenerife for three years, and experience shows that this is a popular destination among Latvian tourists. The Canary Islands are chosen by those tourists, who do not want to accept “all inclusive” offers. Tenerife has another advantage – the average temperature on the Canary Islands is between 25 and 30 degrees, while along the shores of the Mediterranean the average temperature is up to 40 degrees in the summer. What’s more, prices at Mediterranean resorts are the highest in June, July and August, while prices on the Canary Islands do not change much at all. For that reason, tourists from Western Europe are great fans of holidays on the Canary Islands during the summer season.”

airBaltic and Tez Tour will offer economy class, business class and special economy class premium seats on charter flights to the Canary Islands. Special economy premium passengers will have seats toward the front of the airplane, receive meals and beverages during the flight, and be able to check in at a dedicated location at the Riga International Airport.

“Tourists flying in economy class to Tenerife will also receive free of charge snack set during the flight,” said Palgov.

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.

Tez Tour offers charter flight to travellers all year round. Tez Tour customers are welcome to visit Turkey, Greece, Spain, Egypt, UAE, Thailand, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Maldives, as well as skiing resorts in Austria and Andorra.

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.

Tez Tour in brief:

TEZ TOUR group brings together 50 offices in 18 countries. 22 of these offices make the reception of tourists, but 28 are engaged in outbound tourism (they have offices in the Baltic States, Eastern Europe and CIS countries). The main directions of TEZ TOUR are: Turkey (since 1994), Egypt (since 1997), Spain (from 2003), Greece (from 2008), Thailand (from 1997), Cuba and Dominican Republic (from 2007), Maldives and Sri Lanka (from 2007), Austria (from 2009), UAE (from 2010).The company has four hotels of 5 -star- hotel chains „ AMARA World" in Antalya coast: Amara Beach Resort Side (from 2004), "Amara Wing Resort Kemer (from 2004)," Amara Club Marine "Kemer (from 2005) and "Amara Dolce Vita Kemer (from 2007).