airBaltic carried 447,400 passengers in October 2026, down 6% from 477,200 a year earlier, according to preliminary figures from the Latvian airline.
The carrier operated 4,167 scheduled flights, down 1.2% year on year, while its load factor fell three percentage points to 79.5%. airBaltic attributed the declines mainly to ongoing changes to its network and capacity, as well as wider market conditions.
Despite the October decline, airBaltic carried a record 4,487,800 passengers in the first ten months of 2026, up 2.4% year on year. It operated 41,774 flights over the same period, an increase of 4.7%.