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May 09, 2016 (newstodate): The Latvian carrier is seeing signs of recovery in its Russian traffic.
Speaking to Russian media, airBaltic's VP Communications, Janis Vanags confirms that the volume of passengers has gone up by some 20 percent, y-o-y, during the first part of this year, and the carrier has now increased frequencies on its currently two routes from Riga to Moscow and St Petersburg.
Mr Vanags also does not rule out that airBaltic may open new destinations in Russia without, however, offering details on this.
Speaking to newstodate in April, airBaltic CEO Martin Gauss also confirmed that the development in carrier's Russian traffic is picking up again.
-Our routes are developing OK, although we are still seeing less Russian transfer traffic compared to pre-crisis years. Overall, I expect Russia to be back to 2014-levels again by the end of next year, Mr Gauss said.
At its peak, airBaltic's services to Russia comprised flights to destinations including Pskov, Sochi and Kaliningrad in addition to Moscow and St Petersburg, and plans to open flights to Yekaterinburg from June 3, 2014, were close to materializing but aborted by the deepening crisis over Ukraine.
Speaking to Russian media, airBaltic's VP Communications, Janis Vanags confirms that the volume of passengers has gone up by some 20 percent, y-o-y, during the first part of this year, and the carrier has now increased frequencies on its currently two routes from Riga to Moscow and St Petersburg.
Mr Vanags also does not rule out that airBaltic may open new destinations in Russia without, however, offering details on this.
Speaking to newstodate in April, airBaltic CEO Martin Gauss also confirmed that the development in carrier's Russian traffic is picking up again.
-Our routes are developing OK, although we are still seeing less Russian transfer traffic compared to pre-crisis years. Overall, I expect Russia to be back to 2014-levels again by the end of next year, Mr Gauss said.
At its peak, airBaltic's services to Russia comprised flights to destinations including Pskov, Sochi and Kaliningrad in addition to Moscow and St Petersburg, and plans to open flights to Yekaterinburg from June 3, 2014, were close to materializing but aborted by the deepening crisis over Ukraine.