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airBaltic – Regional Airline
Latvian airline A/S "Air Baltic Corporation" (airBaltic) was founded in 1995. The company's major shareholders are the Latvian State with 52.6% and SAS AB - 47.2%. Today airBaltic represents a blend of traditional airlines and low cost carriers.
airBaltic operates in a strategic partnership with SAS. There is extensive co-operation with SAS group members – Spanair, Estonian Air, Blue 1. airBaltic is the first airline in the Baltic states to take advantage of "Open Sky" following EU – accession and start operation from another country. airBaltic operates direct flights from two of the capital cities in the Baltic States – Riga, Latvia and Vilnius, Lithuania. Thus airline offers widest choice of connections and highest frequencies for the lowest prices in the market.
| airBaltic also has co-operation for flight to Vienna with Austrian Airlines, for Turkish domestic flights airBaltic offers with Turkish Airline Atlas Jet. The airline is also focusing on flights to the former Soviet Union. The flights are operated in code share with Air One, Aeroflot, AeroSvit Airlines, Azerbaijan airline AZAL, Belavia, Donbassaero, Georgian airways and Rossiya Airlines. airBaltic’s business model is based on both point-to-point service and transfer traffic. airBaltic also provides air cargo transportation services and is the official representative of Singapore Airlines in Latvia. |
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Simple and Accessible
The airline offers low-fare tickets to and from Baltic countries. One way tickets are available not only for direct but also for transfer flights via Copenhagen, Stockholm, Barcelona (Spanish domestic flights), Helsinki (Finish domestic) and Istanbul (Turkish domestic). One-way ticket structure allows combining air travel with other means of transportation and gives customers wider options for travel schedule. Ticket pricing is demand driven.
Ticket sales are made through airline's internet page as well as travel agencies. Ticket less travel is available on airBaltic direct flights.
Professional Personnel
The company employs over 900 people, the majority of whom are directly involved in flight operations. Since March 1, 2002, Mr. Bertolt Flick is the company's President and CEO. Prior to this Mr. Flick has been a member of A/S Air Baltic Corporation Supervisory Board (1996 – 1999), but from 1999 till 2002 he was nominated Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
Destinations
airBaltic operates direct flights from Riga, Latvia, (45 routes), Vilnius, Lithuania, (19 routes), Liepāja, Courland region of Latvia (3 routes), as well as direct flights between Kaliningrad and Copenhagen.
Fleet
airBaltic fleet consists of 3 types of aircraft - ten120-seater Boeing 737-500, three 149-seater Boeing 737-300 and eight 50-seater Fokker 50, in total - 21 aircraft.
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