OREANDA-NEWS. January 13, 2011. Latvian national airline airBaltic has been selected as the Top Employer in a nationwide survey by career and recruitment consultancy Workinday Latvia.

Daiga Ergle, Vice President Human Resources airBaltic: “In the past two years airBaltic has received international recognition and awards for its business achievements and innovations. I am delighted that professionals in the labour market consider airBaltic as Top Employer.”

The previous surveys consistently ranked airBaltic among Top 3 Employers (Top 2 Employer in 2009, Top 3 Employer in 2008 and 2007).

airBaltic currently employs 1443 professionals. The staff of the airline represents almost 30 nations.

airBaltic has previously received the title of Airline of the Year 2009/2010 (Gold Award) from the European Regions Airline Association. airBaltic is also the winner of Air Transport World Phoenix Award 2010 – a global recognition of excellence in restructuring business, an award that has the same meaning for airlines as the Oscar award for filmmakers. airBaltic has also won the Pacesetter Award from the Jury of the Budgies World Low Cost Airline Awards, recognizing achievements of airBaltic as a trendsetting hybrid airline.

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.