airBaltic carried more than half a million passengers in July, marking a year-on-year increase of 9 per cent, its latest traffic figures show.
Declaring a “strong performance” last month, the Latvian flag carrier welcomed a total of 560,200 travellers.
It also witnessed an uptick in the number of flights performed after 4,550 aircraft took off in July – a year-on-year increase of 6 per cent.
Last month also set new passenger records at airBaltic bases in Estonia and Lithuania, with impressive increases of 14 per cent and 24 per cent, reaching 92,000 and 80,000 passengers, respectively.
These are the highest passenger numbers ever recorded in July for both bases.
Pauls Cālītis, chief operations officer at airBaltic, said: “In July, airBaltic maintained strong operational performance, carrying a significant number of passengers and setting new records in our home markets of Estonia and Lithuania.
“This year operating more than 130 routes, of which 20 are new, and by having 24 code-share partners, we continue to offer the best connectivity between the Baltics and the rest of the world.
“For the upcoming winter season we plan to launch six new routes from the Baltic States – four from Riga, one from Tallinn and one from Vilnius – which will provide our customers even more leisure and business travel options.
Last month, airBaltic also reached an all-time high load factor, reaching a record of 88.8 per cent – a 5.8 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.
airBaltic operates more than 130 routes from Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Tampere and, seasonally, Gran Canaria, offering connections to a wide range of destinations in the airline’s route network in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the Caucasus region.
