airBaltic flies from Riga to Sochi two times a week on a Boeing 737 aircraft, and the flight is scheduled to last 3 hours and 10 minutes.
RIGA – The Latvian airline airBaltic on May 14, 2018, launched a new route from Riga International Airport to Sochi International Airport. The new route offers new travel options for travellers from the Baltics and Russia with convenient connections via Riga. In addition, this summer Sochi will be one of the host cities for 2018 FIFA World Cup and the new connection via Riga will offer convenient flight options to all who are planning to attend the championship.
Wolfgang Reuss, SVP of Network Management of airBaltic: “We are delighted to launch operations between Riga and Sochi for this summer season. The new route will offer great summer gateway for travellers from the Baltics to the Black sea cost city Sochi, as well as new convenient connections for travellers from Russia with European and Scandinavian airports.”
airBaltic flies from Riga to Sochi two times a week on a Boeing 737 aircraft, and the flight is scheduled to last 3 hours and 10 minutes.
Over One Million Passengers Travel With airBaltic in the First Four Months of 2018
airBaltic in the first four months of 2018 has transported 1,065,664 or 22% more than in the same period last year to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. In April 2018, 335 767 passengers or 17% more than last year travelled with airBaltic.
Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic said: “Step by step we are entering the summer season of 2018, thus our operations increase month by month. We are happy to see that this is the best April in the history of airBaltic. Moreover, last month we carried twice as many passengers as only 10 years ago.”
During the first four months of 2018 airBaltic has operated 16 296 flights. In April 2018, the airline performed 4 705 flights, or 16% more than in the same period of 2017. The airline’s load factor, which represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of available seats, during first four months of 2018 was at a level of 69%, but in April 2018 – 74%.
The 15 minute flight punctuality indicator for airBaltic during the first four months of 2018 reached a level of 90.4%. This means that more than 90 out of every 100 airBaltic flights departed at the planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes. In April 2018, the flight punctuality indicator reached a level of 91.8%.
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