The Latvian national airline airBaltic will supplement its routes during the summer season of 2010 by adding flights from Riga to three new destinations – Belgrade in Serbia, Madrid in Spain, and Vaasa in Finland. Flights to Belgrade will begin on May 5, to Madrid on June 2, and to Vaasa on March 29.
Riga – The new routes will offer convenient transit connections via Riga to and from more than 60 final destinations in Western Europe, the CIS and the Mediterranean region.
Tero Taskila, Chief Commercial Officer of airBaltic: “airBaltic continues to expand its network of routes each season to offer attractive new destinations at affordable prices. These latest additions strengthen our presence in Scandinavia and Spain, and also introduce an exciting new country to our destination portfolio. The new routes connect perfectly to our 60 destinations.”
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Nonstop flights to the Spanish capital city of Madrid will be offered by airBaltic four times a week – on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Passengers will board Boeing 737 aircraft for a flight that will last for four hours and twenty minutes. One-way ticket prices will begin at LVL 49 (EUR 69), including airport fees and transaction charges.
Nonstop flights to the Serbian capital city of Belgrade will also be offered four times a week – on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Passengers will board Boeing 737 aircraft for a flight that will last for two hours and twenty-five minutes. One-way ticket prices will begin at LVL 39 (EUR 59), including airport fees and transaction charges.
airBaltic will offer nonstop flights to Vaasa in Finland four times a week – on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Passengers will board Fokker 50 aircraft for a flight that will last for one hour and twenty-five minutes. One-way ticket prices will begin at LVL 28 (EUR 49), including airport fees and transaction charges. The flight schedule can be found at airbaltic.com.
airBaltic in 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.
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