OREANDA-NEWS. April 11, 2012. For the busy Easter travel period, Latvian national airline airBaltic saw increased passenger interest in the carrier’s destinations in Europe, Middle East, and Russia/CIS.

For the Easter holiday and this week, the Top 10 destinations of airBaltic are the following:

1. Barcelona
2. Paris
3. Moscow
4. Berlin
5. Munich      
6. Amsterdam
7. Vienna
8.  Rome
9. Tel Aviv
10. Kiev

These Top 10 destinations enjoyed high demand from passengers starting their journey from popular origin airports in Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea region.

As announced previously, airBaltic entered the summer season with an increased number of flights in its network spanning Europe, Middle East, and Russia/CIS and returning leisure destinations on the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Caspian coast. By increasing flight frequencies, airBaltic will improve its service to both local passengers, and those travelling in transit via Riga. The summer schedule of airBaltic also features a number of leisure destinations coming back from hibernation, including Venice, Athens, Budapest, Nice, Dublin, Chisinau, along with other cities on the Mediterranean, Caspian and Black Sea coast.

airBaltic will increase its Riga- Vienna service to 12 weekly flights, up from 7 last summer; the flight will be operated in cooperation with Austrian Airlines. Riga-Zurich flights will be operated daily, as a result of improving frequency from 6 to 7 weekly. airBaltic will also offer 12 weekly flights on the Riga-Munich route, up from 7 last summer. airBaltic will increase its Riga- Amsterdam service to 12 weekly flights, up from 7 last summer. Riga-Brussels flights will be operated 12 times weekly, an increase from 7 times the previous summer. airBaltic will increase its Riga- Billund service to 7 weekly flights, up from 5 last summer. airBaltic will increase its Riga- Moscow Domodedovo service to 7 weekly flights, up from 2 last summer; flights will be operated in code-share with Transaero Airlines. airBaltic offers four daily flights to Moscow Sheremetyevo in code-share cooperation with Aeroflot.

A full schedule of flights is available on the company’s homepage – www.airbaltic.com.

airBaltic serves over 60 destinations from its home base in 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.