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German business magazine names airBaltic one of best European low-cost airlines

Alla Petrova, BC, Riga, 11.11.2011.Print version
Germany's influential weekly business magazine Wirtschaftswoche has named Latvian national airline airBaltic as one of Europe's top ten low-cost airlines.

The magazine notes that airBaltic, with about 900 flights a week, is just a little behind Germany's GermanWings, Nozare.lv learned from airBaltic. Wirtschaftswoche also writes that an impressive network of carriers has developed in Europe over the past few decades since low-cost flights became available, writes LETA.

 

airBaltic offers direct flights from Riga to over 60 destinations. The main airBaltic shareholders are the state of Latvia (52.6% stake) and Baltijas Aviacijas sistemas (47.2%).






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