airBaltic passenger numbers up on previous year

The Latvian airline airBaltic during the twelve months of 2008 transported a total of 2,590,357 passengers, or 29% more than during the same period in 2007, when the total number of passengers was 2,007,150.

In December 2008 airBaltic carried 193,595 passengers, or 26% more than in the same month in 2007, when airBaltic transported 154,153 passengers.

In December 2008, airBaltic provided 3,937 flights, or 29% more than the 3,043 of December 2007. Between January and the end of December, the airline increased its number of flights by 30% over the same period in 2007 – up to 47,975 flights in all.

Cabin factor in December 2008 was at a level of 57%. During the twelve months of 2008 airline’s cabin factor was at a level of 62%.

The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator for airBaltic was at a level of 87.8% in December 2008. This means that more than 87 of every 100 airBaltic flights in December departed at the planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes.