airBaltic carried 3.3 million passengers in 2022, down by more than a third versus 2019. Aside from using wet leased aircraft in the summer, the carrier’s own fleet comprises of A220-300s. It has 42, with the 50th due next summer. It anticipates up to 100, many of which will be based outside the Baltics while […]
June 29, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Air Service One talks with Laura Audarina, Route Development Manager, Riga Airport, ahead of Routes World in Las Vegas. We talked, low-cost carriers, network rebuild and also found out more about the friendly face representing Riga Airport. What have been the particular challenges faced by Riga Airport since the start of the pandemic? Riga Airport […]
Analysis of airport passenger data across all the Baltic and Nordic nations (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden) reveals which have been the most (and least) successful at getting air traffic back to pre-pandemic levels. For much of the pandemic Norway was leading the way with its extensive domestic network and where […]
September 13, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The second half of 2021 saw the countries comprising the Baltic and Nordic region of Europe all show a significant recovery in passenger demand. By December the airports in the eight countries included in our analysis (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden) were all reporting passenger numbers between 50% and 70% of […]
May 18, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
The countries comprising the Nordic and Baltic region of Europe have seen significant variations in their rate of traffic recovery since the start of the pandemic. Norway, with its geography making domestic air travel the only viable means of connecting some regions, saw significant travel demand during the first year of the pandemic, at least […]
January 27, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story