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Feb 03, 2017 (newstodate): Latvia may see a return of services on the route between Riga and Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave on the Baltic coast.
The government of Kaliningrad is mulling plans for setting up a new low-cost carrier to connect the city with European destinations including Berlin, Riga, Prague, Warsaw Chopin, and Minsk.
Back in 2006, Latvia's airBaltic launched flights on July 2 from Riga to Kaliningrad as well as between Kaliningrad and Copenhagen, with four weekly rotations on each route using F50 aircraft, but services were suspended in H1, 2014.
The Belarus carrier Belavia was also offering flights between Minsk and Kaliningrad in 2006, the Polish carrier LOT started flights between Warsaw and Kaliningrad in 2002, suspended the services in September 2008, but returned again from November 4, 2009.
The Danish carrier DAT started flights from Copenhagen to Kaliningrad already on August 19, 2003, but flights were suspended from 2005 due to excessive Russian red tape.
SAS initially served the route from Copenhagen to Kaliningrad for eight years until 2001, only to return again after more than 10 years of absence on March 25, 2012, but the route was suspended again after only 18 months.
The government of Kaliningrad is mulling plans for setting up a new low-cost carrier to connect the city with European destinations including Berlin, Riga, Prague, Warsaw Chopin, and Minsk.
Back in 2006, Latvia's airBaltic launched flights on July 2 from Riga to Kaliningrad as well as between Kaliningrad and Copenhagen, with four weekly rotations on each route using F50 aircraft, but services were suspended in H1, 2014.
The Belarus carrier Belavia was also offering flights between Minsk and Kaliningrad in 2006, the Polish carrier LOT started flights between Warsaw and Kaliningrad in 2002, suspended the services in September 2008, but returned again from November 4, 2009.
The Danish carrier DAT started flights from Copenhagen to Kaliningrad already on August 19, 2003, but flights were suspended from 2005 due to excessive Russian red tape.
SAS initially served the route from Copenhagen to Kaliningrad for eight years until 2001, only to return again after more than 10 years of absence on March 25, 2012, but the route was suspended again after only 18 months.