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Latvian carrier airBaltic is looking to reposition Riga as a north-south hub, tapping connecting traffic flows from the Balkans.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

AirBaltic’s application to fly to, from and within the U.S. could help the Latvian airline address seasonal fleet overcapacity.

Digital advances help airlines capitalize on seat choices, onboard sales and more.

AirBaltic’s 2023 passenger numbers rose 36% to 6.9 million, resulting in the highest revenue and profit figures in the company’s 28-year history.

Lufthansa has announced the first operational plans for its new affiliate City Airlines, a project highly contentious for its labor unions.

Slight divergence is seen, but no figures are remarkably low for the full-service national airlines of Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, and Uzbekistan.

The request for 20 additional Airbus A220-300s is meant to fill the gap before its next batch of ordered A220s become available for delivery at the end of 2026.

Flydubai is to start services to Basel, Switzerland, and the Baltic capital cities, becoming the first UAE carrier to operate direct flights to each city.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

Estonia and Lithuania are each considering investing in airBaltic during the Latvian carrier’s upcoming flotation.

The Estonian government is in discussions with seven potential new owners of the Baltic nation’s Nordic Aviation Group (NAG).

A selection of 60 new routes starting in December, including long-haul services being launched by United Airlines, China Eastern Airlines and Vietnam Airlines.

Air Baltic continues to face uncertainty in the operation of its Airbus A220-300 fleet in 2024 due to issues with the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engines.

With the fallout of orders from the recent Dubai Airshow, this week's Flight Friday looks at those operators who ordered more than 30 aircraft at the show.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

With a new firm order for 30 Airbus A220-300s and purchase rights for a further 20, AirBaltic is positioned to grow its fleet to 100 of the type by 2030.

Swiss cannot reduce the number of wet-leased aircraft it planned to operate in summer 2024 and must invest further to increase punctuality.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

Latvian carrier airBaltic is pressing ahead with its plans for an initial public offering (IPO).

AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss tells Aviation Daily that issues with its Airbus A220s' PW1500G engines are subsiding.

How airlines have adapted their maintenance cost strategies and planning to cope with unprecedented upheaval in the market.

Operators are being forced to consider short-term MRO solutions as they try to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

AirBaltic says a shortage of spare engines led to an average of 11 grounded aircraft in its Airbus A220 fleet and forced the airline to wet-lease capacity.

The European Cockpit Association (ECA) says it has uncovered “troubling labor law violations” within wet-leasing operations in Europe.