3 days ago airBaltic announced a quiz on Twitter to guess next airBaltic destination with three options given: Newcastle, Liverpool or Dublin. My guess was Dublin and I was right. Today airBaltic announced plans to fly from Riga to Dublin starting March 2019. Actually, this is not a new destination for airBaltic. My records show […]
Category: Latvia
Flight capacity from Ukraine to Baltics is booming
What market is most developing last few years from Baltics? The answer is easy – Ukraine. What is the history of flights between Baltics and Ukraine? Historically, it was kind of tradition – three Baltic national carriers operating to Kiev Borispyl airport: Estonian Air from Tallinn, airBaltic from Riga and flyLAL from Vilnius. There were […]
What airBaltic will do with big fleet of Airbus 220s?
History of airBaltic for last 10 years has ups and downs. After major expansion of Riga hub in 2008-2010, company entered period of huge losses: they lost 52M EUR in 2010 and 121M EUR in 2011. Turnaround started in 2012, when the airline reduced losses to 27M and achieved small black numbers every year after, […]