OREANDA-NEWS. May 22, 2012. The Latvian national airline airBaltic has been selected amongst the world’s Top 10 most innovative airlines by Airlinetrends.com - an independent industry and consumer trends research agency.

Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “We are very delighted to achieve the high ranking in the Top 10 of innovators out of hundreds of airlines around the world. With the passionate and energetic team we have, airBaltic will continue to set the trends for future innovation for the benefit of our passengers, travelling to and from our 60 destinations in Europe, Middle East, Russia and the CIS.”

airBaltic was ranked by Airlinetrends among the Top 10 airlines globally for a wide array of innovations, including world’s first inflight car dealership for custom-designed Mini Cooper, roses on board, iPad as inflight entertainment, world’s first bicycle rental scheme by an airline BalticBike, BalticTaxi cab service, organic meals for business class, and many more. Airlinetrends ranked airBaltic as No 8, ahead of AirAsia (No 9), and All Nippon Airways (No 10). The remaining airlines in the Top 10 of innovators will be released one by one until early June.

airBaltic serves 60 destinations with direct flights 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.