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Latvian airline airBaltic carried overall 318,807 passengers in September 2010 (from Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn), representing 16% increase comparing with the same month in 2009, when airBaltic transported 275,139 passengers.
During the first nine months of the 2010, airBaltic transported a total of 2,519,324 passengers, or 21% more than during the same period in 2009, when the total number of passengers was 2,075,734.
In September, airBaltic operated 5,296 flights, or 25% more than in September 2009 when airBaltic operated 4,236 flights. Between January and the end of September, the airline provided 43,565 flights in all, representing 28% increase comparing with the same period in 2009.
The airline’s load factor, which represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of available seats, in September 2010 was at a level of 73% – or 1% point more than in September 2009. During the first nine months of 2010 airline’s load factor was at a level of 69%, or the same level as in the same period in 2009.
The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator for airBaltic was at a level of 80% in September 2010. This means that 80 of every 100 airBaltic flights in September departed at the planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes.