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airBaltic to improve service to Istanbul

Alla Petrova, BC, Riga, 12.03.2013.Print version
On March 31, 2013, Latvian airline airBaltic will start flights from Riga to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. The improved service will offer convenient travel between the two airports, and beyond to destinations in the Baltics, Scandinavia, Russia, and the CIS, informed BC vice president of corporate communications at airBaltic Janis Vanags.

Michael Grimme, Chief Commercial Officer of airBaltic: “By moving to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport we can improve our schedule and connections via Riga for travellers from/to the Baltics, Scandinavia, Russia, and the CIS. Furthermore, the move also helps to reduce travel time for our customers between the central Istanbul and the airport.”

 

Destination served (from North Hub Riga)

Flight frequency

Improvements from

Price *,

Basic

Istanbul  (Turkey)

daily

March 31, 2013

LVL 39 /55 EUR

* Lowest fare, including taxes, fees and service charges, on www.airBaltic.com, subject to availability

 

airBaltic will fly from Riga to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen daily. Passengers will board a Boeing 737-300 aircraft for a flight that will last for 2 hours and 55 minutes. One-way ticket prices will start at LVL 39 (EUR 55), including airport fees and transaction costs. A full schedule of airBaltic flights can be found on the company's homepage at www.airbaltic.com

 

To welcome airBaltic’s flight to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen, the airport management company ISG will offer complimentary shuttle bus services between the airport and Taksim Square for the customers of airBaltic for one month.

 

For summer 2013, airBaltic has introduced six new destinations - Prague (Czech Republic), Heviz-Balaton (Hungary), Olbia (Sardinia, Italy), Rijeka (Croatia), Larnaca (Cyprus), and Malta.





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