Author: Janis Vanags/Konstantin Palgov
Source: Air Baltic Corporation/TEZ TOUR Latvija
Latvia’s national airline airBaltic has signed a cooperation agreement with the international tour operator Tez Tour Latvija on the execution of charter flights to Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria during the summer season. The first charter flight from Riga to the city of Antalya in Turkey will be launched today, April 12. Charter flights to Greece will begin on May 6, and to Bulgaria from June 1.
Overall, there will be more than 100 flights operated from Riga to leisure resorts. Flights to the Turkish resort of Antalya will be performed 3 times a week, to Greece (Heraklion) and Bulgaria (Burgas) - once a week. In total, Tez Tour Latvija will carry out charter flights in cooperation with airBaltic five times a week, indicating that the situation in the tourism sector has not only stabilized, but is actually improving, since the number of charter flights per week is now the same as two years ago.
Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Tez Tour Latvija and airBaltic are continuing their long-standing and successful cooperation. Thanks to it, people of the Baltic States can take advantage of the benefits of direct charter flights from Riga to popular holiday destinations in winter and summer. We are delighted to reveal another new destination for tourists this summer together with Tez Tour – this year it is Bulgaria.”
Konstantin Palgov, Director of Tez Tour Latvija: “We are proud to be partners with one of the best airlines in Europe in offering new flights for our clients. Also this year together with airBaltic we are going to offer our customers Premium Economy class, as well as a special bonus system for the BalticMiles cardholders, who are going to choose Tez Tour charter flights for their travel.”
This summer season airBaltic has also increased the number of regular flights thus improving the airline’s service to both local passengers and those travelling in transit via Riga to/from 60 destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Russia and CIS. The summer schedule of flights also features a number of destinations coming back, including Venice, Athens, Budapest, Nice, Dublin, Chisinau, along with other cities on the Mediterranean, Caspian and Black Sea coast. A full schedule of flights is available on the company’s homepage – www.airbaltic.com/.
airBaltic serves over 60 destinations from its home base in 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 flights 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 shareholder is Latvian state with 99.8% 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 Latvia in brief:
Tez Tour is currently the largest tour operator in Latvia and one of the leading international tour operators in Europe. Tez Tour opened its Latvian branch in April 2002, and currently offers its travel programmes in over 15 tourism and travel agencies throughout Latvia. 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).The fifth AMARA World chain hotel is to be opened in 2012.
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