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 […]
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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 […]
Ryanair has a problem: flights are longer because airline avoids Belarus airspace
It is Sunday, December 16th, 2019. It is 13:00 local time now in the Baltics. Half hour ago two aircraft departed Vilnius to the same destination – Kiev Borispyl airport. It’s two competing airlines: Ukraine International Airlines and Ryanair operating same type of the aircraft – Boeing 737-800. Ukraine International Airlines flight PS178 VNO-KBP departed […]