airBaltic carried 554,700 passengers in August 2026, an increase of 5% compared with the same month last year. The Latvian airline operated 4,801 flights, up 7.9% year on year.
Its load factor declined by 2.3 percentage points to 83.9%, reflecting capacity growth that outpaced the increase in passenger numbers.
During the first eight months of 2026, airBaltic transported a record 3.57 million passengers, 4% more than a year earlier. The airline operated 33,220 flights over the period, representing an increase of 5.7%.
For summer 2027, airBaltic plans to offer 57 direct destinations from Riga, 13 from Tallinn and eight from Vilnius.