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airBaltic’s new record: 5 million passengers in 2019 (+22%)

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Latvian airline airBaltic in 2019 has carried 5 049 317 passengers or 22% more than the year before to its network. It is the highest number of passengers carried in the airline’s history.

Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “We are reaching new heights and offering better connections to people travelling to and from the Baltics. In 2019, we continued our sustainable growth path and showed strong results that will help us to pave our future path, strengthening our role as the largest carrier in the region.”

“Last year we launched nine new routes, and, by adding more Airbus A220-300 to our fleet, increasing the comfort and reliability of our flights. Already now a majority of our passengers fly on the Airbus A220-300 aircraft,” Martin Gauss.

In 2019, airBaltic operated a total of 62 748 flights or 12% more than in 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 76% in 2019.

20192018Change
Number of passengers5 049 3174 135 711+22%
Number of flights62 74856 261+12%
Load factor76%75%+1%-point
15-minute flight punctuality indicator86%88%-2%-points
December 2019December 2018Change
Number of passengers357 723292 765+20%
Number of flights4 7864 470+7%
Load factor70%64%+6%-points
15-minute flight punctuality indicator89%86%+3%-points

 

In 2020, airBaltic continues its expansion in the Baltics and will launch 14 new routes, including four new direct destinations from Tallinn, Estonia, and five new destinations from Vilnius, Lithuania. A complete schedule of airBaltic flights and tickets for the new destinations are already available on the company’s website at www.airbaltic.com.

January 16, 2020

This post was published on 16 January 2020 22:40

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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