This summer time, Latvia\u2019s nationwide service airBaltic will increase its vary of companies with ten new routes and elevated frequencies on present summer time leisure and quick break routes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The summer time flight season, which can start on Sunday, 26 March, shall be launched at Riga Airport<\/strong> with 11 new locations, thus considerably increasing the vary of connections from Riga, together with two new locations \u2013 Hanover in Germany and Gdansk in Poland. Passengers could have a chance to journey to 100 direct locations from Riga.<\/p>\n \u201cIn this summer season, Riga is expected to offer ample travel opportunities for Latvian and Baltic travellers and attractive connections for passengers who will choose Riga Airport as a transfer point for their onward flights. Thanks to the many tourist destinations, the number of direct passengers at Riga Airport has approached the pre-pandemic level, whereas the number of transit passengers will increase with new airBaltic routes such as Istanbul, Baku, Yerevan and others,\u201d<\/em> says Laila Odi\u0146a<\/strong>, Chairperson of the Airport Board. \u201cAs we start the new season, we are also bringing passengers new offers, including unprecedented offers from shops and caf\u00e9s. It is therefore a great pleasure to be recognised internationally and to start the new season as the third best airport in Eastern Europe in the latest airport ranking by the prestigious aviation industry rating agency Skytrax, which is based on the results of customer voting,\u201d<\/em> says the top of the Airport.<\/p>\n This summer time, Latvia\u2019s nationwide service airBaltic will increase its vary of companies with ten new routes and elevated frequencies on present summer time leisure and quick break routes. From 15 April, airBaltic will fly twice weekly on the route Riga\u2013Hanover\u2013Riga \u2013 a German metropolis to which Riga has had no direct air connection till now. The new schedule may also embody twice-weekly flights to Porto and Bilbao from May, and four-times-weekly flights to Istanbul from the start of April. In May, common flights may also be launched to Bucharest, Burgas, Belgrade, Tivat, Yerevan and Baku.<\/p>\n On 28 March, the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will begin flights from Riga to the northern Polish metropolis of Gdansk, with which there was no direct air site visitors earlier than. Flights on this route are scheduled 3 times per week.<\/p>\n The Greek airline Aegean will return to the vary of airways in Riga within the upcoming summer time season as an everyday service with flights on the Riga\u2013Athens route twice per week, ranging from 19 May.<\/p>\n Thus, 15 carriers will function at Riga Airport in the summertime season of 2023. It is deliberate that within the first full week of the summer time flight schedule, the variety of passenger flights will improve by greater than 10 % as in comparison with the top of the winter season and can exceed 1 000 passenger flights per week.<\/p>\n Riga Airport is fastidiously getting ready for the summer time season and the rise in passenger movement. Recruitment is underway for round 40 vacancies; the luggage dealing with system has been upgraded, which can each strengthen aviation safety and improve the Airport\u2019s baggage sorting capability. For the comfort of passengers, the Airport has 18 catering shops within the departures space, 26 snack and sizzling drink merchandising machines and 9 duty-free outlets. In March, a brand new magnificence and wellness retailer Apotheka Health & Beauty was opened within the terminal, whereas different new additions in current months embody cell phone and equipment retailer Evelatus and jewelry retailer Given. And Tickerdaze, a favorite with passengers, has added 70 new dishes to its menu with the summer time season, increasing and modernising its kitchen. The Sixt automotive rental service, positioned in arrivals corridor E, has additionally expanded it companies.<\/p>\n The summer time flight schedule often takes impact with the change to summertime, which this yr takes place on the night time of 25-26 March.<\/p>\n Passengers scheduled to fly on 26 March ought to plan their arrival time fastidiously, because the clocks are set ahead by one hour in the course of the night time.<\/p>\n
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