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airBaltic to open seven new routes for Finland and two new routes for Estonia

Alla Petrova, BC, Riga, 25.02.2010.Print version
For the summer season, the Latvian national airline airBaltic will launch seven new routes for Finland, and two new routes from Tallinn, as part of the airline’s expansion strategy in Finland and Estonia, informed BC Janis Vanags, vice president corporate communications of airBaltic.

Bertolt Flick, President and CEO of airBaltic: “Finland and Estonia are important markets for airBaltic. With Riga airport having exceeded its designed capacity limits, we are expanding in airBaltic’s key markets. We clearly see that Finland and Estonia are underserved. Offering more direct flights from Tallinn, Estonia, is a strategic step for airBaltic.”

 

New routes (for Finland)

Days of operation

Starting date

Price (including taxes, fees and service charges)*

Rovaniemi – Riga (Latvia)

2,3,5,7 (from Rovaniemi)

1,2,4,6 (from Riga)

May 4 (Rovaniemi)

May 3 (Riga)

EUR 49

Rovaniemi - Tampere

2,3,5,7 (from Rovaniemi)

1,2,4,6 (from Tampere)

May 4 (Rovaniemi)

May 3 (Tampere)

EUR  29

Kuusamo – Riga (Latvia)

1,4,6 (from Kuusamo)

3,5,7 (from Riga)

Apr 1 (Kuusamo)

Mar 31 (Riga)

EUR 49

Kuusamo - Lappeenranta

1,4,6 (from Kuusamo)

3,5,7 (from Lappeenranta)

Apr 1 (Kuusamo)

Mar 31 (Lappenranta)

EUR 29

Kuopio – Lappeenranta

2,3,5,7 (from Kuopio)

1,2,4,6 (from Lappenranta)

May 4 (Kuopio)

May 3 (Lappeenranta)

EUR 39

Tampere – Talinn (Estonia)

3,6,7

March 31

EUR 19

Oulu - Tallinn (Estonia)

2,4,5

May 11

EUR 39

 

New routes (for Estonia)

Days of operation

Starting date

Price (including taxes, fees and service charges)*

Talinn – Tampere (Finland)

3,6,7

March 31

EUR 19

Tallinn - Oulu (Finland)

2,45

May 11

EUR 39

The lowest available fare at www.airbaltic.com.

 

In addition to the new routes, airBaltic will improve its offer for the Finnish customers by increasing to daily flights on the Lappeenranta-Riga route, and securing seven times daily service on the Helsinki-Riga route during the summer season. A full schedule of airBaltic flights can be found on the company’s homepage at www.airbaltic.com

 

The new routes in Finland are launched at the same time with opening a Finnish-language website www.airbaltic.com that offers affordable and convenient flights, travel packages (flights +hotels), and a wide range of other products and services.

 

For 2009 airBaltic has announced 20 million EUR preliminary profit, and achieved 6% passenger growth to 2.75 million passengers. In 2010, airBaltic will open at least nine new direct routes from Riga, and has so far announced new destinations including Madrid, Belgrade, Vaasa, Umea, Beirut, Amman, Manchester, Rovaniemi, Kuusamo. The number of direct routes from Vilnius, announced by airBaltic over the past month, already total 10 – London, Paris, Munich, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Hamburg, Manchester, Dublin, and Oslo.

 

 

Regardless of the point of departure, airBaltic offers convenient connections over its North Hub Riga to the airline’s network in Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.






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