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
airBaltic introduced a pair of new seasonal routes on Wednesday 3 May from Tampere in Finland, as well as the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, to Nice. Both the 2,260-kilometre service from Tampere and the 1,785-kilometre route from Vilnius are being maintained 2-weekly with the A220-300 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on either service. Flights […]
May 10, 2023 | Latest Route News +
airBaltic has opened its first base outside of the Baltic nations with the introduction of additional services from Tampere in Finland. The airline first started serving the Finnish airport from Riga in October 2008, operating 2-daily flights using Fokker 50s. Service continued until October 2013 before being suspended. Flights resumed in April 2017 with Q400s […]
May 10, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
What has been the biggest challenge for you regarding air service development during the pandemic? The overall situation in Finland. After the pandemic started, travelling by air has been totally paralyzed and also the recovery has been much slower than elsewhere in Europe. Finland is located in a remote area of Europe and is isolated […]
February 22, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Where better to reconnect than at CONNECT? Join the first route development event of 2022 in Tampere, Finland. Hosted by Business Tampere, the event will be the place where airlines, airports and tourism authorities will reunite to discuss global air connectivity recovery, while discovering an enchanting destination. Next year, once more, over 250 international hubs […]
October 18, 2021 | News & Analysis
Ryanair announced on Wednesday 23 June that it would start regular services to Helsinki starting this winter from eight of its bases. The Finnish capital has not previously featured in the Irish ULCC’s list of destinations, though its Austrian subsidiary Laudamotion operated flights briefly from Vienna last summer. The airport will not be a base, […]