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airBaltic passenger growth reaches +28% in July

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Latvian airline airBaltic in July 2019 has transported 578 340 passengers or 28% more than last year to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.

Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Each year July is the very peak of our summer season, and July 2019 has set a new growth record – +28% more passengers travelled with us. We are proud to offer our passengers not only a wide variety of destinations but also reliability and high customer service standards.”

During July 2019, airBaltic has operated 6 202 flights or 18% more than in July 2018. The airline’s load factor, which represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of available seats, was at a level of 86% in July 2019.

July, 2019July, 2018Changes
Number of passengers578 340452 646+28%
Number of flights6 2025 266+18%
Load factor86%86%0 percentage points
15-minute flight punctuality indicator79.8%78.6%+1.2 percentage points
January – July, 2019January – July, 2018Changes
Number of passengers2 807 6252 329 485+21%
Number of flights35 93531 845+13%
Load factor74%76%-2 percentage points
15-minute flight punctuality indicator87.1%86.5%+0.6 percentage points

 

airBaltic serves over 70 destinations from Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, offering the largest variety of destinations and convenient connections via Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, the CIS and the Middle East.

August 19, 2019

This post was published on 19 August 2019 14:02

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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