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Approved profit of airBaltic in 2013 – 1 mln euros

Alla Petrova, BC, Riga, 16.04.2014.Print version
This week the shareholders of airBaltic have approved the annual report of the Latvian airline. airBaltic has achieved a net profit of EUR +1 million for the full year of 2013. airBaltic has surpassed by far its original plans and has turned around the FY2012 loss of EUR -27 million, converting it into a net profit of EUR +1 million for 2013. airBaltic has achieved profitability one year ahead of the initial schedule.

Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “With airBaltic reaching a profit and having its annual report approved, now the Cabinet of Ministers will decide on the retention of the profits in the airline in accordance with the currently effective legislation.”

 

As reported earlier, airBaltic achieved +5% better yields and +1% of unit revenue improvements over the twelve months of 2013 (RASK - revenue per available seat kilometre), when compared to the same period a year ago, and generated stable revenues of EUR 325 million, despite capacity reductions, informed BC vice president of corporate communications at airBaltic Janis Vanags.

 

airBaltic serves sixty destinations from its home base in Riga, Latvia. airBaltic offers convenient connections via Riga to its network which spans Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, the CIS, and the Middle East. For summer 2014, airBaltic has introduced six new destinations - Burgas and Varna (Bulgaria), Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Bucharest (Romania), Gothenburg (Sweden), and Aberdeen (Scotland, within the UK).

 

EUR

2012

2013

Change

Net result*

-27m EUR

+1 mEUR

+28m EUR

RASK (unit revenue)

7.5 EUR cent

7.6 EUR cent

+1% / 0.1 EUR cent

Yield

97.1 EUR

102.4 EUR

+5% / 5.3 EUR

Passengers**

3.08 million

2.95 million

-5% / 0.13 million

Revenue

325m EUR

325m EUR

-

 

*consolidated result

** including passengers served by airBaltic’s subleased and wet-leased aircraft






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