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May 23, 2017 (newstodate): Russia has regained its place as a key driver for the Latvian carrier airBaltic's use of Riga Airport as its transit hub.
This summer, airBaltic will operate four daily rotations on the route between Riga and Moscow, bringing Russian passsengers to a range of European destinations via Riga on its network.
According to available information, airBaltic carried 160,000 passengers on its route between Moscow and Riga in 2015, growing 31.3 percent to 210,000 passengers in 2016, and in 2017 the carrier expects to increase this volume further by 9.5 percent to 230,000 passengers, with transit traffic driving the development.
This will also spur the airline to launch flights to more destinations in Russia.
At its peak, airBaltic's services from Riga Airport to Russia comprised flights to destinations including Pskov, Sochi and Kaliningrad in addition to Moscow and St Petersburg, and plans to open flights to Yekaterinburg from June 3, 2014, were close to materializing - but aborted by the deepening crisis over Ukraine.
Before this crisis, Russia was airBaltic's single largest market outside the Baltic region, but during the crisis this position was taken over by Germany.
This summer, airBaltic will operate four daily rotations on the route between Riga and Moscow, bringing Russian passsengers to a range of European destinations via Riga on its network.
According to available information, airBaltic carried 160,000 passengers on its route between Moscow and Riga in 2015, growing 31.3 percent to 210,000 passengers in 2016, and in 2017 the carrier expects to increase this volume further by 9.5 percent to 230,000 passengers, with transit traffic driving the development.
This will also spur the airline to launch flights to more destinations in Russia.
At its peak, airBaltic's services from Riga Airport to Russia comprised flights to destinations including Pskov, Sochi and Kaliningrad in addition to Moscow and St Petersburg, and plans to open flights to Yekaterinburg from June 3, 2014, were close to materializing - but aborted by the deepening crisis over Ukraine.
Before this crisis, Russia was airBaltic's single largest market outside the Baltic region, but during the crisis this position was taken over by Germany.