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Nov 01, 2017 (newstodate): As reported by newstodate yesterday, the Latvian carrier airBaltic is again strengthening its coverage of the Russian market to support its transfer hub at Riga Airport.
Starting from April 16, 2017, the carrier is thus launching flights from Riga to Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave on the Baltic Sea, offering six weekly rotations using Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
This marks a return to the route as airBaltic first started operating on the route from July 2, 2006, with four weekly Fokker F50 rotations.
The operation was, however, suspended from Q4, 2014, due to the softening of the weak Russian market.
Another new airBaltic route to be opened in 2018 is Riga-Sochi, also in Russia, starting from May 14, 2018, with two weekly rotations to tap into the expected traffic boom due to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Sochi was also on airBaltic's route map until the early 90'ies, and a second attempt was made in 2008 with a first flight on June 18 and offering two weekly Boeing 737-500 rotations.
The route was also abandoned again from early 2014.
At its height, airBaltic also operated flights to Russian destinations Pskov and Yekaterinburg that are still to resurface on the route map.
Starting from April 16, 2017, the carrier is thus launching flights from Riga to Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave on the Baltic Sea, offering six weekly rotations using Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
This marks a return to the route as airBaltic first started operating on the route from July 2, 2006, with four weekly Fokker F50 rotations.
The operation was, however, suspended from Q4, 2014, due to the softening of the weak Russian market.
Another new airBaltic route to be opened in 2018 is Riga-Sochi, also in Russia, starting from May 14, 2018, with two weekly rotations to tap into the expected traffic boom due to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Sochi was also on airBaltic's route map until the early 90'ies, and a second attempt was made in 2008 with a first flight on June 18 and offering two weekly Boeing 737-500 rotations.
The route was also abandoned again from early 2014.
At its height, airBaltic also operated flights to Russian destinations Pskov and Yekaterinburg that are still to resurface on the route map.