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…
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…
Latvia’s national air carrier, airBaltic, has signed a three-year wet lease agreement with Germany’s Lufthansa Group, LETA reports. Under the agreement, airBaltic will begin operating Lufthansa Group flights with up to 21 Airbus A220-300 aircraft in summer 2025. Previously, airBaltic has signed leasing agreements with Lufthansa Group companies, including SWISS and Discover Airlines. Meanwhile, media…
Latvia’s Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has recovered EUR 120,000 in a bribery case involving a Latvian company attempting to bribe a Lithuanian official, LSM reports. The individual was prosecuted in Lithuania, while KNAB held the Latvian company liable through local courts. The unnamed company had tried to bribe the commander of the Lithuanian…