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AirBaltic will open flights between its base in Riga, Latvia, and Rzeszów, Poland, hoping to serve Ukrainians seeking to travel from the war-torn country.

Planned routes to Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius have been pulled by flydubai ahead of their launch.

The winter additions will see the airline return to cities including Belgrade, Bucharest and Istanbul.

The ULCC has blamed a “stupid and illogical” tax imposed by the Hungarian government.

The airline is already operating to Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.

Brian Worm believes the development of hub-feeder service into a European hub remains a huge opportunity.

The carrier will begin flights to Marrakesh in the fourth quarter.

Despite being affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, SVP of network Wolfgang Reuss believes airBaltic is on track to top 3 million passenger this year.

The airline is starting flights from its first aircraft base outside of the Balkans.

The carrier will operate 130 weekly flights from the northeast England airport this summer.

The agreement seeks to improve connectivity between Italy and Latvia.

Emirates is also postponing the planned launch of flights to Tel Aviv.

A panel of airport leaders are optimistic that traffic will return to 2019 levels sooner than has been predicted.

Ryanair’s domestic expansion in Sweden, Swoop adding a fourth destination in Mexico, and Austrian Airlines returning to Montreal are among the latest new route announcements and service resumptions.

The carrier has seen strong demand from the UK airport to leisure destinations this summer.

Routes profiles airBaltic, the Latvian carrier and World Routes 2021 attendee.

Eight routes are being launched from Finland’s capital during the winter 2021/22 season.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

With airBaltic announcing that three new leisure destinations will be added to its network in July, we take a look at the Latvian carrier’s summer schedule.

The new leisure service is being added by airBaltic from June.

The hybrid carrier expects to begin flights in September ahead of Expo 2020 Dubai.

From March 28, Vilnius flights will be brought into the arrangement.

Their new agreement covers routes from Latvia and Lithuania to Munich.

Twelve routes are scheduled to begin during the summer season, including three international services.

Ryanair grows Italian presence with additional base and 18 new routes.