Author: Janis Vanags
Source: A/S Air Baltic Corporation
For the summer season, the Latvian national airline airBaltic will launch seven new routes for Finland, and two new routes from Tallinn, as part of the airline’s expansion strategy in Finland and Estonia.
Bertolt Flick, President and CEO of airBaltic: “Finland and Estonia are important markets for airBaltic. With Riga airport having exceeded its designed capacity limits, we are expanding in airBaltic’s key markets. We clearly see that Finland and Estonia are underserved. Offering more direct flights from Tallinn, Estonia, is a strategic step for airBaltic.”
|
New routes (for Finland) |
Days of operation |
Starting date |
Price (including taxes, fees and service charges)* |
|
Rovaniemi – Riga (Latvia) |
2,3,5,7 (from Rovaniemi)
1,2,4,6 (from Riga) |
May 4 (Rovaniemi)
May 3 (Riga) |
EUR 49 |
|
Rovaniemi - Tampere |
2,3,5,7 (from Rovaniemi)
1,2,4,6 (from Tampere) |
May 4 (Rovaniemi)
May 3 (Tampere) |
EUR 29 |
|
Kuusamo – Riga (Latvia) |
1,4,6 (from Kuusamo)
3,5,7 (from Riga) |
Apr 1 (Kuusamo)
Mar 31 (Riga) |
EUR 49 |
|
Kuusamo - Lappeenranta |
1,4,6 (from Kuusamo)
3,5,7 (from Lappeenranta) |
Apr 1 (Kuusamo)
Mar 31 (Lappenranta) |
EUR 29 |
|
Kuopio – Lappeenranta |
2,3,5,7 (from Kuopio)
1,2,4,6 (from Lappenranta) |
May 4 (Kuopio)
May 3 (Lappeenranta) |
EUR 39 |
|
Tampere – Talinn (Estonia) |
3,6,7 |
March 31 |
EUR 19 |
|
Oulu - Tallinn (Estonia) |
2,4,5 |
May 11 |
EUR 39 |
|
New routes (for Estonia) |
Days of operation |
Starting date |
Price (including taxes, fees and service charges)* |
|
Talinn – Tampere (Finland) |
3,6,7 |
March 31 |
EUR 19 |
|
Tallinn - Oulu (Finland) |
2,45 |
May 11 |
EUR 39 |
* The lowest available fare at www.airbaltic.com.
In addition to the new routes, airBaltic will improve its offer for the Finnish customers by increasing to daily flights on the Lappeenranta-Riga route, and securing seven times daily service on the Helsinki-Riga route during the summer season. A full schedule of airBaltic flights can be found on the company’s homepage at www.airbaltic.com
The new routes in Finland are launched at the same time with opening a Finnish-language website www.airbaltic.com that offers affordable and convenient flights, travel packages (flights +hotels), 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. In 2010, airBaltic will open at least nine new direct routes from Riga, and has so far announced new destinations including Madrid, Belgrade, Vaasa, Umea, Beirut, Amman, Manchester, Rovaniemi, Kuusamo. The number of direct routes from Vilnius, announced by airBaltic over the past month, already total 10 – London, Paris, Munich, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Hamburg, Manchester, Dublin, and Oslo.
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.
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