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Prime Minister Kucinskis chooses Ryanair over airBaltic

BC, Riga, 13.09.2016.Print version
The newspaper Diena reports today that Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis flew to Sunday's official meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin not with Latvian national airline airBaltic, but Irish low-fare airline Ryanair, writes LETA.

Such a decision was made as airBaltic's ticket fare was too expensive.

 

The prime minister's press secretary Andrejs Vaivars confirmed the information, and said that there is a simple explanation. ''Every year we organize a tender for tourism operators which organize such trips for the State Chancellery. We hand them over the information regarding destinations, times and dates, and they find the most suitable flights. This time the most suitable flight was with Ryanair,'' he said.

 

However, it is likely airBaltic was not chosen because it was too expensive.

 

Meanwhile, airBaltic spokesman Janis Vanags emphasized that the company's prices are ''competitive enough'', but admitted that the price of tickets are more expensive when purchasing last minute.


The Latvian side only received an invitation to visit Berlin just several days before the scheduled meeting.







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