Latvian airline airBaltic continues its expansion in the Baltics and announces the launch of four new direct destinations from Tallinn, Estonia, and five new destinations from Vilnius, Lithuania. In total, airBaltic will add 13 new routes to its summer season 2020 route map.
Martin Gauss, CEO of airBaltic: “As we continue to grow, we aim to provide the best connectivity to and from all three Baltic capitals. When evaluating, which destinations to launch from the Baltic capitals, we are at first looking for the most demanded ones among the local passengers. Because of that, we provide an additional contribution to local airports, offering new travel opportunities. By next summer, we will already serve 16 destinations from Estonia, 11 from Lithuania and over 70 destinations from Latvia.”
As of next summer season, airBaltic will commence direct flights from Tallinn to Rome, Zurich, Hamburg and Nice, the latter had already been announced previously. In addition, airBaltic announces the introduction of five new direct routes from Vilnius to Hamburg, Zurich, Gothenburg, which will start operations in late March, as well as Dubrovnik and Rijeka, which will begin in May.
As informed earlier this year, airBaltic will also launch new flights from Riga to Manchester (United Kingdom), Yerevan (Armenia) as well as Bergen and Trondheim (both Norway).
| Destination served | Flight frequency | Start date | Price *, Basic | Price *, Premium | Price*, Business |
| Riga–Manchester | 4 flights weekly | March 29, 2020 | 39 EUR | 115 EUR | 589 EUR |
| Riga–Bergen | 3 flights weekly | March 31, 2020 | 35 EUR | 89 EUR | 365 EUR |
| Riga–Trondheim | 2-3 flights weekly | April 1, 2020 | 49 EUR | 115 EUR | 375 EUR |
| Riga–Yerevan | 2 flights weekly | May 3, 2020 | 99 EUR | 145 EUR | 529 EUR |
| Tallinn–Hamburg | 4 flights weekly | March 29, 2020 | 69 EUR | 125 EUR | 455 EUR |
| Tallinn–Rome | 2 flights weekly | March 30, 2020 | 79 EUR | 125 EUR | 479 EUR |
| Tallinn–Zurich | 3 flights weekly | March 31, 2020 | 79 EUR | 125 EUR | 455 EUR |
| Tallinn–Nice | 2 flights weekly | May 1, 2020 | 99 EUR | 145 EUR | 549 EUR |
| Vilnius–Gothenburg | 2 flights weekly | March 29, 2020 | 25 EUR | 85 EUR | 335 EUR |
| Vilnius–Hamburg | 3 flights weekly | March 30, 2020 | 49 EUR | 95 EUR | 439 EUR |
| Vilnius–Zurich | 2 flights weekly | March 31, 2020 | 55 EUR | 109 EUR | 399 EUR |
| Vilnius–Dubrovnik | 2 flights weekly | May 2, 2020 | 55 UER | 119 EUR | 339 EUR |
| Vilnius–Rijeka | 1 flight weekly | May 7, 2020 | 49 EUR | 115 EUR | 325 EUR |
*Lowest fare (one way), including taxes, fees and service charges, on www.airBaltic.com, subject to availability