OREANDA-NEWS. December 02, 2010.  On December 2, the Latvian national airline airBaltic starts a new route from Riga to the Moscow Domodedovo Airport, to supplement the existing Riga-Moscow Sheremetyevo service. The new route of airBaltic will offer excellent transit connections via North Hub Riga to /from more than 80 destinations in Northern Europe, Western Europe and the Middle East.

Tero Taskila, Chief Commercial Officer: “In Russia, airBaltic achieved 70% passenger growth this year. After the new airBaltic route is opened, there will be up to six daily flights on the Riga – Moscow route.”

airBaltic will fly from Riga to Moscow Domodedovo Airport three times a week – Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Passengers will board a Boeing 737 aircraft for a flight that will last for 1 hour and 40 minutes. One-way ticket prices will start at EUR 77, including airport fees and transaction costs. A full schedule of flights is available on the company’s homepage – www.airbaltic.com.

In Russia, airBaltic achieved 70% passenger growth during the first six months of 2010 in comparison to the same period in the previous year.  In Russia, airBaltic offers flights to /from Moscow, St Petersburg and Kaliningrad.

airBaltic serves 80 destinations from its home base at Riga, Latvia. From every one of these, airBaltic offers convenient connections via North Hub Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.