airBaltic launches summer season with 20 new destinations
The Latvian national airline airBaltic has announced the launch of the summer season 2023, offering 20 new destinations in total from Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius and Tampere. This is the historically largest number of new routes the airline has ever announced in a single season. The first flight of it departed from Riga to Istanbul today, on April 2, 2023.
Martin Gauss, President and CEO of airBaltic: “The opening of these 20 new summer destinations will provide our passengers with even more options when it comes to seamless travel experience. We continue to be committed to our home cities in the Baltics and improving connectivity to and from the region. Also, we are glad to expand airBaltic offering for this summer season both with new route additions and increased flight frequencies on our existing leisure and city break routes.”
| Destination served | Flight frequency | Start date | Price *, GREEN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riga – Istanbul (Turkey) | 4 flights weekly | April 2, 2023 | 179 EUR |
| Riga – Hannover (Germany) | 2 flights weekly | April 15, 2023 | 69 EUR |
| Riga – Bucharest (Romania) | 3 flights weekly | May 1, 2023 | 79 EUR |
| Riga – Porto (Portugal) | 2 flights weekly | May 1, 2023 | 149 EUR |
| Riga – Burgas (Bulgaria) | 2 flights weekly | May 2, 2023 | 99 EUR |
| Riga – Bilbao (Spain) | 2 flights weekly | May 4, 2023 | 149 EUR |
| Riga – Tivat (Montenegro) | 2 flights weekly | May 4, 2023 | 89 EUR |
| Riga – Yerevan (Armenia) | 2 flights weekly | May 16, 2023 | 129 EUR |
| Riga – Belgrade (Serbia) | 2 flights weekly | May 16, 2023 | 79 EUR |
| Riga – Baku (Azerbaijan) | 2 flights weekly | May 17, 2023 | 149 EUR |
| Tallinn – Split (Croatia) | 2 flights weekly | May 1, 2023 | 109 EUR |
| Tallinn – Rhodes (Greece) | 2 flights weekly | May 1, 2023 | 119 EUR |
| Tallinn – Dubrovnik (Croatia) | 2 flights weekly | May 2, 2023 | 109 EUR |
| Tallinn – Heraklion (Greece) | 2 flights weekly | May 3, 2023 | 119 EUR |
| Vilnius – Malaga (Spain) | 2 flights weekly | May 2, 2023 | 109 EUR |
| Vilnius – Palma de Mallorca (Spain) | 2 flights weekly | May 2, 2023 | 109 EUR |
| Vilnius – Nice (France) | 2 flights weekly | May 3, 2023 | 79 EUR |
| Vilnius – Heraklion (Greece) | 2 flights weekly | May 4, 2023 | 99 EUR |
| Tampere – Nice (France) | 2 flights weekly | May 2, 2023 | 99 EUR |
| Tampere – Milan (Italy) | 2 flights weekly | May 4, 2023 | 79 EUR |
*Lowest fare (one-way), including taxes, fees and service charges, on www.airBaltic.com, subject to availability
airBaltic provides flights to more than 70 destinations from Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius and Tampere, offering connections to a wide range of destinations in the airline’s route network in Europe, Scandinavia, the CIS and the Middle East. A complete schedule of airBaltic flights and tickets is available on the company’s homepage at www.airbaltic.com.
airBaltic in brief
airBaltic (Air Baltic Corporation AS) connects the Baltic region with over 70 destinations in Europe, the Middle East, and the CIS. Over the last 27 years, airBaltic has developed as a strong, profitable and internationally respected airline, which employs around 2 300 employees. airBaltic is by far the best-known international brand of Latvia and responsible for more than 2.5% of the Latvian GDP. airBaltic operates 39 Airbus A220-300 aircraft. airBaltic has received numerous international awards for excellence and innovative services. Skytrax has awarded Latvian airline airBaltic a five–star COVID-19 safety rating. In addition, airBaltic is one of the Top twenty airlines for COVID-19 compliance by the safety, product, and COVID-19 rating agency Airlineratings.com. In 2018 and 2019 airBaltic received the ATW Airline Industry Achievement Award as the Market Leader of the Year. In addition, in 2019 airBaltic received Sector Leadership Award by Airline Business. airBaltic is a joint stock company that was established in 1995. Its primary shareholder is the Latvian state, which holds 97.96% of the stock, while the rest of the shareholders hold 2.04%.
