Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov.8
By Kamila Aliyeva- Trend:
Latvian airBaltic is indeed looking into launching a new route between Riga and Almaty for the next summer season, the company told Trend and Azernews.
“Currently, airBaltic is working on obtaining the necessary approvals in order to operate the route, and will only announce the launch date as well as flight schedule once these approvals are secured,” the company’s message said.
The Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan earlier announced that new flights en route Astana-Vilnius, Almaty-Riga and Astana-Bucharest are planned to be launched soon.
The relevant agreements were reached during meetings held by the Civil Aviation Committee of Kazakhstan held within the framework of the 10th International Conference on Transport and Transit Potential "TransEurasia-2017".
Latvian airBaltic serves over 60 destinations from its home base in Riga connecting the Baltic region with 60 destinations in Europe, the Middle East, and the CIS. airBaltic is a joint stock company that was established in 1995. Its fleet consists of 30 aircraft – 7 Bombardier CS300, 11 Boeing 737 and 12 Bombardier Q400Next Gen.
Recently, the airline announced two new destinations for the summer of 2018, adding flights from Riga to Sochi and Kaliningrad. In that way the airline will increase its market presence in the region. It will operate at least 10 destinations in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Kazakhstan has airports in Shimkent, Atbasar, Karaganda, Kyzyl-Orda, Balkhash, Burundai, Zaisan, Petropavlovsk, Semipalatinsk, Ust-kamenogorsk, Uralsk, Taldy-Kurgan, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Zhezkazgan, Atyrau, Zhambyl, Zhairem, Ekibastuz, Almaty, Aktau, Kostanay, Aktyubinsk, Arkalyk, and Astana cities.