OREANDA-NEWS. January 20, 2011. Latvian national airline airBaltic has concluded a cooperation agreement (special prorate agreement) with Turkish Airlines to offer convenient connections to destinations in Turkey, Middle East, Asia and Africa.

Tero Taskila, Chief Commercial Officer of airBaltic:  “We are delighted that this agreement will allow us to offer attractive ticket prices for flights to destinations in the Middle East and Africa such as Damascus, Lagos, Doha, Cairo and Abu Dhabi, while Turkish Airlines passengers will find it convenient to travel to Rоga and beyond.”

The new agreement will enable airBaltic passengers to reach 11 new domestic destinations in Turkey – Adana, Kayseri, Gaziantep, Konya, Samsun, Trabzon, Hatay, Bodrum, Van, Erzurum and Elazig, as well as 20 destinations in the Middle East and Africa – Abu Dhabi (UAE), Cairo (Egypt), Addisabeba (Ethiopia), Baghdad (Iraq), Teheran, Mashhad and Tabriz (Iran), Doha (Qatar), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Tripoli and Benghazi (Libya), Lagos (Nigeria), Jeddah, Riyadh and Medina (Saudi Arabia), Damascus and Aleppo (Syria), and Khartoum (Sudan).

The lowest ticket prices for these flights are available at www.airbaltic.com, as well as at the online travel agency www.airbaltictravel.com.

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.