In March airBaltic carried 233,033 passengers; load factor grows

12.04.2011 06:35 | Latvia

Author: Janis Vanags
Source: A/S Air Baltic Corporation

Latvian national airline airBaltic carried 233,033 passengers in March 2011 (from Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn), representing 2% decrease comparing with the same month in 2010, when airBaltic transported 238,453 passengers.

During the three months of 2011, airBaltic transported a total of 599,078 passengers, or 4% less than during the same period in 2010, when the total number of passengers was 624,191.

In March, airBaltic operated 4,334 flights, or 4% more than in March 2010 when airBaltic operated 4,155 flights.

The airline’s load factor, which represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of available seats, in March 2011 was at a level of 71% - or 5% points more than in March 2010.

The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator for airBaltic was at a level of 90.2% in March 2011. This means that more than 90 of every 100 airBaltic flights in March departed at the planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes.

	March ‘11	March ‘10		Change
Number of flights	4,334	4,155		+4%
Number of passengers	233,033	238,453		-2%
Load Factor	71%	66%		+5% p.p.
	January-March ‘11	January-March ‘10	Change
Number of flights	12,166	11,731	+4%
Number of passengers	599,078	624,191	-4%
Load Factor	64%	62%	+2% p.p.

airBalticin brief:

AIR BALTIC CORPORATION (airBaltic) is a joint stock company that was established in 1995. The primary shareholders are the Latvian state, with 52.6% of stock, and SIA Baltijas aviācijas sistēmas, with 47.2% of stock. The airBaltic fleet consists of 34 aircraft – six Boeing 737-500, eight Boeing 737-300, two Boeing 757-200, ten Fokker 50 airplanes and eight Bombardier Q400Next Gen. airBaltic offers nonstop flights from three Baltic capital cities – Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn. airBaltic received the title of Airline of the Year 2009/2010 (Gold Award) from the European Regions Airline Association. airBaltic is the winner of Air Transport World Phoenix Award 2010 – a global recognition of excellence in restructuring business. In summer 2010, airBaltic was chosen for anna.aero ANNIES Award as Europe's largest flag carrier by new routes. airBaltic won a special Pacesetter Award 2010 from the Jury of the Budgies World Low Cost Airline Awards, recognising achievements of airBaltic as a hybrid airline.