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Friday, 29.03.2024, 01:47
airBaltic flies 20% more passengers in January-July
In July 2017, airBaltic carried
393,312 passengers, up 21% against the same month last year.
In the seven months of this year, the airline performed 28,260 flights, or
14% more than in the same period of 2016, with the load factor of the airBaltic flights growing by 1.9%age
points year-on-year to 76.2%.
The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator during the first seven months of
2017 declined by one%age point year-on-year to 87.8%. The indicator shows how
many flights of the given carrier depart at the planned time or with a delay of
no more than 15 minutes.
“This summer has been fulfilling and challenging at the same time.
Historically highest passenger numbers and revenue has also meant that our
flights are almost full. It creates more pressure on our team to keep operating
our flights with the worlds’ best on-time performance and provide expected
customer service,” said airBaltic CEO
Martin Gauss.
airBaltic operates direct
flights from Riga to over 60 destinations. In addition, airBaltic also offers direct flights from Tallinn and Vilnius.