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Apr 18, 2016 (newstodate): On April 16, 2016, the Latvian carrier airBaltic became fully and officially free from any reins by the EU probe into its alleged state aid issues, allowing the carrier to open up new scheduled routes - and to reopen routes that had to be closed down during the ReShape program enforced from March 2012.
A first significant result from this is the reopening of flights today on the route between Estonian and Lithuania, first launched on September 15, 2004, with five weekly Fokker 50 rotations.
The carrier is now again offering flights with Bombardier Q400 aircraft on the route between Tallinn and Vilnius, with 10 weekly rotations connecting to airBaltic flights from these two airports besides offering convenient point-to-point connections.
Flying the route is also Estonia's Nordica that, however, offers only a point-to-point connection.
-The opening of the Vilnius-Tallinn route is a symbolic new beginning for airBaltic, as it marks the successful conclusion of our ReShape restructuring program. Under the restructuring program, it was one of 14 profitable routes that we had to give up, but we will now strengthen our service in Estonia and Lithuania by connecting the countries increasingly better as part of our Horizon 2021 business plan, says Martin Gauss, airBaltic CEO and President.
A first significant result from this is the reopening of flights today on the route between Estonian and Lithuania, first launched on September 15, 2004, with five weekly Fokker 50 rotations.
The carrier is now again offering flights with Bombardier Q400 aircraft on the route between Tallinn and Vilnius, with 10 weekly rotations connecting to airBaltic flights from these two airports besides offering convenient point-to-point connections.
Flying the route is also Estonia's Nordica that, however, offers only a point-to-point connection.
-The opening of the Vilnius-Tallinn route is a symbolic new beginning for airBaltic, as it marks the successful conclusion of our ReShape restructuring program. Under the restructuring program, it was one of 14 profitable routes that we had to give up, but we will now strengthen our service in Estonia and Lithuania by connecting the countries increasingly better as part of our Horizon 2021 business plan, says Martin Gauss, airBaltic CEO and President.