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Friday, 19.04.2024, 04:44
airBaltic’s 6th CS300 sets a new world record
Martin Gauss, the Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “I am happy to announce that today
we have welcomed our sixth CS300
aircraft in Riga and our fleet size is continuing to grow. We have yet again
demonstrated our professionalism as the launch operator of CS300 aircraft by achieving the world record for the fastest turnaround
for the first commercial flight. I am very proud of our team who achieved this
goal.”
The
sixth airBaltic CS300 aircraft, registered as YL-CSF, arrived in Riga on July 21,
2017 at 11:15, Riga time. The flight time was 7 hours and 25 minutes and the
aircraft covered 6 470 km non-stop distance between the Canadian and Latvian
airports.
At
12:06, Riga time YL-CSF initial turnaround was finished and the aircraft departed
for its first commercial flight BT641 to Zurich at 12:17. It is the first time
that turnaround for the inaugural CS300 commercial
flight has been carried out so promptly.
Thus far, airBaltic has completed more than 2 163 scheduled flights and flown over 5 523 block hours with the brand
new Bombardier CS300 aircraft. In
total airBaltic has carried more than
245 131 passengers on the CS300
aircraft.
By
the end of 2019 airBaltic is planning
to have 20 Bombardier CS300 aircraft on
its fleet. With an average jet fleet age of only 2 years, airBaltic, as an all-Bombardier operator, will have one of the
youngest jet fleets in Europe.
airBaltic CS300 aircraft currently operates on
such popular routes as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Rome, Moscow, London, Paris,
Vienna, Athens, Madrid and others.
The new Bombardier CS300
aircraft, with a total of 145 seats, offers excellent flying experience with such benefits for
passengers as wider seats, larger windows, more hand luggage space in the cabin,
improved lavatories and more. New aircraft is also much quieter – with four
times smaller noise footprint. Moreover, at the moment, it is the greenest
commercial aircraft in the world, as it is the first aircraft to have a
transparent declaration of the life-cycle environmental impact, helping to
reduce CO2 and NOX emissions by 20% and 50%
respectively.