Latvia’s national air carrier, airBaltic, will cancel altogether 4,670 flights in summer 2025, LSM reports. The company will suspend flights on 19 routes and cut the number of flights on 21 routes. The cancellations will affect around 67,160 passengers. The company said that US manufacturer Pratt & Whitney’s engine maintenance work on the airline’s Airbus…
British air carrier and tour operator Jet2 will offer direct flights from Birmingham, Manchester, and Edinburgh to the Estonian capital, Tallinn, in November and December 2025, ERR reports. The company will have two flights per week on the routes, expecting to bring altogether more than 4,000 holiday-makers to Tallinn. Meanwhile, Swiss International Air Lines will…
Estonia’s state-owned Nordic Aviation Group (NAG) has filed bankruptcy applications for the Nordica and Regional Jet (Xfly) airlines, ERR reports. NAG decided to file for bankruptcy after Danish entrepreneur Lars Thuesen, minority shareholder of Latvia’s national air carrier, airBaltic, announced that he would not acquire Nordica due to the high business risks involved. Earlier, Nordic…
Latvia’s national air carrier, airBaltic, has drawn up a plan to resume flights to Ukraine as soon as it is safe to do so, Ukrainska Pravda reports. Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg, airBaltic CEO Martin Gauss said that the company planned to divert aircraft from other routes and implement overnight stops in Ukraine. He…
Sweden-based Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will end its cooperation with Estonia’s state-owned Nordic Aviation Group (Nordica), ERR reports. SAS has informed Nordica’s subsidiary, Regional Jet (Xfly), that it will terminate its wet lease agreement on flights between Tallinn and Stockholm. SAS may cut the number of flights on the route from six to two per day. SAS…
Latvia’s national air carrier, airBaltic, plans to expand its operations at Lithuania’s Vilnius International Airport (VIA), CEO Martin Gauss announced, LETA reports. He said that the company would more than double its fleet in Vilnius and increase the number of destinations offered from the airport. Currently, airBaltic has two aircraft stationed at VIA. Gauss said…
Lithuania’s state-owned airport operator, Lietuvos Oro Uostai (LTOU), has completed the construction of a new departure terminal at Vilnius International Airport (VIA), BNS reports. The airport will open the new 14,000 m2 terminal for passengers in February 2025. The airport will then be able to handle two times more passengers than at present. The general…
The Latvian parliament, the Saeima, has rejected a motion of no confidence submitted by the opposition National Alliance against Transport Minister Kaspars Briskens, LSM reports. Altogether 48 MPs voted against the motion, 43 in favour, and none abstained. The opposition’s criticism was related to problems at state-owned postal company Latvijas Pasts, national air carrier airBaltic,…
Estonia’s state-owned national air carrier, Nordica, may lose its main partner, Sweden-based Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), ERR reports. Nordica provides operational services under the Xfly brand, and SAS has been Nordica’s largest client. However, SAS has now signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Sweden’s Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA). Sander Salmu, deputy secretary general for mobility at…
