Latvia’s transport minister says that the Latvian aviation industry could reach Swedish levels within the next decade.

Western European bases are being discussed if the Riga-based carrier continues in its A220 buying spree.

The Latvian carrier says it will be cooperating with SAS under a codeshare agreement, benefitting passengers flying between capital cities around the Baltic Sea.

Air Serbia, Tibet Airlines and Juneyao Air will start operations at HEL in 2019, while Finnair is also starting new routes.

The Latvian airline is reporting profit of €5.4 million for 2018, on the back of record revenues of €400 million.

Competing directly with its neighbour’s flag carrier, airBaltic is already flying or about to fly to all three Scandinavian capitals.

The number of passengers at Tallinn Airport increased by 14% in February – and nearly by 40% on the Tallinn-Stockholm route.

The airline is to end its Boeing 737 fleet operations this year in favour of a single aircraft type of up to 80 Airbus A220-300s.

The Riga-based and increasingly pan-Baltic carrier has selected an investment bank as its new financial adviser.

The biggest increase in add-on services used by the airline’s four million passengers last year was not checked baggage.

The Latvian and increasingly pan-Baltic airline carried a record 4.1mn passengers in 2018 – and will expand further in 2019.

Panama’s Copa Airlines has beaten airBaltic as the most on time, while KLM radically improves but Vueling plummets.

The Latvia airline is increasing its frequencies between Riga and the country’s sandy coastline. It's also naming its planes.

An independent assessment is being made to see if a stock exchange listing is viable, the CEO revealed today.

Thomas Cook Group Airlines adds two more carriers to a list of around 50 airline partners around the world.

One Nordic route from Tallinn is axed but two remain, as aircraft and crews from three unprofitable routes go elsewhere.

A new route between Riga and Lviv is part of a broader network development between the north and the rest of Europe.

Riga-based airBaltic is mapping expansion in neighbouring Estonia, with plans for 12 routes from TLL in 2019, including Copenhagen.

The airline will carry the papal delegation on an A220-300 between the three Baltic capitals and back to Rome.

A new route from Riga to New York is in sight, says the CEO of the Latvian airline airBaltic, though initially through cooperation.