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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.

The tickets of the Latvian national airline airBaltic at the lowest price classes (the so-called E-dessert tickets) are now available at reseller ticket offices, including travel agencies and travel portals. Until now, they had only been available on the company’s webpage at Airbaltic.com.

The Latvian airline airBaltic carried 151,395 passengers in January 2008, or 34% more than in the same month in 2007, when airBaltic flew 112,866 passengers. As for flights originating from Riga, the number of passengers in January saw a 37% increase, whereas the market share for Riga grew to 45.8% (or 4.8% growth on a year earlier).

airBaltic is pleased to announce that airline will open its second sales and consultation office in Riga at the Reval Hotel Latvija on February 4.

The Latvian airline airBaltic has analysed operating results from its summer season (March 25 to October 27) and found that the most popular destinations from Riga were Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Berlin and London.

The Latvian airline airBaltic will launch its summer season on March 30, 2008, offering new destinations in the direction of Mediterraneann, Scandinavian and Eastern countries. The number of flights along popular routes will be increased substantially.

The Latvian airline airBaltic has increased the variety of services sold online and this week reduced fares available through its webpage - airbaltic.com - by LVL 1.00 (EUR 1.30), as demand for web-based purchases has grown over the past year from 30 % to almost 50% of all sales.

Beginning on December 5, 2007, the Latvian airline airBaltic will introduce a separate charge for luggage of LVL 3 (EUR 4.5, LTL 15) in an attempt to make airfares more transparent for passengers.

The Latvian airline airBaltic will open up new routes in the summer of 2008 from Riga to the Armenian capital city of Yerevan and the largest city in Kazakhstan, Almaty.

Beginning on March 31, 2008, airBaltic will offer non-stop flights from Vilnius to the capital city of France – the first new destination on the 2008 summer timetable.

Representatives of the Latvian airline airBaltic, led by president and CEO Bertolt Flick, congratulated Rihards Sprukulis today. He was the 10,000th airBaltic passenger to check in for a flight from the Riga airport on the Internet.

The Latvian airline airBaltic will open up new routes in the summer of 2008 from Riga to the Armenian capital city of Yerevan and the largest city in Kazakhstan, Almaty.

Representatives of the Latvian airline airBaltic, including the airline’s President and CEO, Bertold Flick, visited the city of Daugavpils today to meet with representatives of the Daugavpils airport and the City Council to talk about the airport’s infrastructure and how it might be developed in future.

The Latvian airline airBaltic is pleased to introduce the E-voucher – the first prepaid airline ticket in the Baltic States and Northern Europe to be sold in supermarkets. This is a novel approach in the region for distributing airline tickets, and it will bring travel even closer to people in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

This winter, Latvian airline airBaltic, member of SAS group, is to launch scheduled flights from Riga to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.