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Thursday, 25.04.2024, 11:10
airBaltic carries record number of passengers in June
“airBaltic is experiencing substantial growth, and I am truly happy
that we are beating records the company set more than five years ago. This
proves that we are on the right track. In the first six months we recorded the
second highest number of passengers in the airline’s history,” says airBaltic CEO Martin Gauss.
In the first half of the year airBaltic has operated 23 461 flights, which is 13% more than in
the first half of 2016. In June, the airline performed 4 726 flights.
The airline’s load
factor, which represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number
of available seats, was at 73.5% in the first six months of 2017 – and it is the
highest in the airline’s history of over 20 years. The load factor in June was 83.1%,
almost two percentage points up comparing to June 2016.
The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator
for airBaltic reached a level of 88.7%
in the first six months of 2017. This means that more than 88 of every 100 airBaltic flights departed at the
planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes. The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator in June reached a level of 84.4%.
airBaltic operates direct flights from Riga to 55 destinations.
airBaltic offers convenient
connections via Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, the CIS and
the Middle East. In addition, airBaltic
also offers direct flights from Tallinn and Vilnius.