Airport, EU – Baltic States, Good for Business, Latvia, Post Office, Transport

Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer at airBaltic, “Our airBaltic ReShape business turnaround has been a success story. One of its cornerstones is airBaltic fleet modernisation programme – and our passengers benefit from it immediately, as they board our brand new, state-of-the-art Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprops, and soon also our Bombardier CS300 jets. We are delighted that our business is recognised also on postage stamps.”

Arnis Salnājs, Chairman of the Board at Latvijas Pasts, “Our philatelic commission decided to create its first-ever series of postage stamps dedicated to aviation considering the major developments in the industry in the region, lead by airBaltic.”

Kevin Clarke, European Sales Director at Bombardier Commercial Aircraft: “Our Bombardier CSeries jetliner is a game changing aircraft that will soon join airBaltic’s Bombardier Q400 NextGen fleet. As the pioneering airline to operate this perfect fleet pairing for use in urban operations, important partner and it is fitting that the airBaltic is an world’s first official postage stamps featuring both the CSeries and Q400 NextGen aircraft are issued in Latvia.”

The collection consists of three stamps featuring the Bombardier Q400 Next Gen turboprop and Bombardier CS300, issued in a limited print run of 40 000 copies. The artist Ģirts Grīva is the author of the series.

airBaltic serves over 60 destinations from its home base in Riga, Latvia. From every one of these locations, airBaltic offers convenient connections via North Hub Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.