OREANDA-NEWS. May 11, 2012. Within the first quarter of the year, Estonian Air ticket pre-sales in Estonia and at foreign markets have increased about two times. At the same time the number of seats offered has increased by 40%, reported the press-centre of Estonian Air.

“Doubling the sales shows the increase of passengers' and partners' confidence and trust. Increased flight frequencies and new destinations have helped us to grow our home market and significantly increase our visibility at international market. Encouraged by this, we have increased our sales targets to 850 000 passengers this year,“ said Enn Lamp, Sales Director of Estonian Air.

For the approaching summer season, most of the tickets have been purchased to Paris, Moscow, Kiev and St. Petersburg. The most popular among the new routes are Vienna, Helsinki and Hannover.

In addition, people have very well accepted Estonian Air summer destinations such as Nizza and Venice.

Estonian Air flies to 24 destinations in Europe, Scandinavia and CIS. The airline has recently increased flight frequencies to Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Brussels, Oslo, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev. Estonian Air has added new destinations to its flight schedule, such as Helsinki, Riga, Vienna, Hannover, Tbilisi, Trondheim, Joensuu, Jyvaskyla and Kajaani.

Estonian Air one way ticket prices start at 39.90 euros if purchased from www.estonian-air.com. Ticket includes all fees traditional services: one checked in baggage (max 23kg), one hand baggage (max 8kg), snacks and soft drinks on longer flights and soft drinks only on flights that last less than one hour.

Estonian Air is the National Partner of the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Finland.