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During the 2009 summer season, which will begin on March 30, 2009, the Latvian national airline airBaltic will supplement its network of flights from Riga with three new destinations – Linköping in Sweden, Palanga in Lithuania, and Tromsø in Norway.

A new agreement between the Latvian national airline airBaltic and British Airways will allow passengers to access a wide range of destinations in the United States, Canada, Africa, South America, India, as well as exotic countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda.

The Latvian national airline airBaltic will open an office in the Estonian capital city of Tallinn this month, which will be an important step in expanding the company’s operations in that country. Outside Latvia at this time the airline has offices in Berlin, Kyiv, Minsk, Moscow, St Petersburg, Klaipeda and Vilnius.

For the first time in its history, the Latvian airline airBaltic has carried two million passengers in ten months. Last year airBaltic reached its two millionth passenger in December.

The Latvian airline airBaltic will launch its winter timetable on October 26, 2008, offering four new destinations and increased numbers of flights along nine routes. The timetable will remain in effect until March 28, 2009. During the course of the winter, airBaltic will offer 49 routes from Riga and 14 from Vilnius.

The Latvian airline airBaltic will discontinue flights from Liepaja to Hamburg, Copenhagen and Riga during winter season. The airline plans to resume the flights during next year’s summer season. The airline’s decision is due to seasonal decrease in passenger flow characteristic of winter.

On December 15 of this year, airBaltic will launch direct flights from Riga to Hannover, Germany. Flights to Hannover will be offered five times a week, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Passengers will fly on Fokker 50 airplanes, and the flight will last for 2 hours and 55 minutes.

As of now, the Latvian airline airBaltic will allow people who take flights from Liepaja to check in via the Internet. Previously this had only been possible for airBaltic flights departing from Riga, Ventspils, Vilnius, Vienna, Zurich, Bergen, Stavanger, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo.

On October 26 of this year, airBaltic will begin direct flights from Riga to the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam. airBaltic will fly to Amsterdam every day. The flight will be offered on a Boeing 737-500 airplane and will last 2 hours and 20 minutes.

As of yesterday, airline passengers in Latvia have a wider choice of destinations in Africa and Europe, because a code-share agreement between airBaltic and Brussels Airlines which takes effect from this week.

On October 24 of this year, airBaltic will begin direct flights from Riga to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. airBaltic will fly to Dubai twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays. The flight will be offered on a Boeing 757-200 airplane and will last 6 hours and 15 minutes. One-way tickets will start at LVL 139, including airport fees and transaction costs.

The number of passengers carried by Latvian airline airBaltic in 2008 reached one million this June. For the first time in its history, the airline has carried a million passengers in six months. Last year airBaltic registered its millionth passenger in July, in 2006 – in September, in 2005 – in December.

airBaltic launches direct flights from Riga to Tampere, Finland, on October 1 of this year. This will be already the fourth destination served by airBaltic in Finland.

As of June 18, the Latvian airline airBaltic is pleased to offer its clients a chance to check in via the Internet also for flights departing from Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm. This is already possible for airBaltic flights departing from Riga, Vilnius, Vienna, Zurich, Bergen and Stavanger.

airBaltic and Eurolines Baltic have concluded a sales co-operation agreement to offer an expanded network of routes to their passengers. The two companies will offer each other’s services to clients. This cooperation will improve the offer that is made to passengers, because a greater number of destinations will become available for people who wish to combine a flight with a bus trip or to reach locations to which airBaltic does not fly to directly.

The Latvian airline airBaltic will launch direct flights from Rīga to the Russian resort town of Sochi on June 18 of this year. Initially flights will be offered twice a week – on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Starting from today a travel guide for independent travellers about the largest and the most exciting cities in the world will be available for purchase. The guide is published by online magazine for independent travellers – Anothertravelguide.com in co-operation with the Latvian national airline airBaltic.

The Latvian airline airBaltic will offer several new routes to regional centres in Scandinavia during the summer season of 2008 – Billund in Denmark, Ålesund in Norway and Kuopio in Finland. The first flight from Riga to Kuopio will be on April 17, the first to Ålesund – on April 20, and the first to Billund – on May 1.

The Latvian airline airBaltic is launching new flights from Riga to Venice, Italy and Nice, France, during the summer season of 2008. The first flight to Nice will be offered on April 17, and the first from Riga to Venice will depart on April 18.

The Latvian airline airBaltic will launch regularly scheduled flights to Ventspils on April 11 of this year. Initially airBaltic will fly to Ventspils twice a day on weekdays.

The Latvian national airline airBaltic completed the introduction of E-tickets last week. From now on, all passengers will be able to board their flights without a paper ticket, not only to direct destinations served by airBaltic, but also on an increasing number of connections.

The Latvian airline airBaltic will launch nonstop flights from Riga to the Moldovan capital city of Chisinau on April 1 of this year.

Over the next three years, the Latvian airline airBaltic will acquire new aircraft, experiencing the largest fleet expansion in the company’s history. Following a deal in the weekend with Bombardier Aerospace, the airline will see deliveries of at least 8 new, fresh-from-factory Q400 NextGen aircraft.

On April 30 of this year, the Latvian airline airBaltic will begin to offer direct flights from Riga to the Swedish city of Norrköping. During the summer season, this will be the 47th route offered by airBaltic from Riga. Altogether, the airline plans 10 new destinations from Riga during the summer of 2008.

Representatives of the Latvian airline airBaltic, led by the airline’s president and CEO, Bertolt Flick, opened a regional office at the “Romas darzs” business centre in Liepaja. This makes the airline’s services more easily available to people in the Latvian region of Kurzeme and in the north-western regions of Lithuania.