The Latvian airline airBaltic and Tez Tour Latvija, a tour operator based in Latvia, have jointly launched the world’s first charter flights with Bombardier CS300 aircraft. For the summer season, charter flights will connect Riga with Antalya (Turkey), Heraklion (Greece), Burgas (Bulgaria) and Rimini (Italy). airBaltic will fly several times a week to these leisure destinations.
Konstantins Palgovs, General Manager of Tez Tour Latvija: “This summer season 2017 we have planned more than 200 flights from Riga to Italy, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria with the modern Bombardier CS300 aircraft. All our charter flights will be operated with the latest and most comfortable airBaltic aircraft.“
“We have chosen the CS300 also because it boasts lower fuel consumption, which, in comparison with other this type aircraft, is substantially lower. This means that the final price for the journey will be more competitive. In particular, it will manifest in long distance flights,” added Palgovs.
Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Thanks to Tez Tour Latvija and airBaltic long-standing and successful cooperation, people from the Baltic States can take advantage of many more direct charter flights from Riga to sunny holiday destinations.”
airBaltic serves over 60 destinations from its home base in Riga, Latvia. In addition, airBaltic also offers direct flights fromTallinn (Estonia) and Vilnius (Lithuania). Its fleet consists of 26 aircraft – 3 Bombardier CS300, 11 Boeing 737 and 12 Bombardier Q400Next Gen.
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