airBaltic Starts Lappeenranta-Kuopio Flights

Janis Vanags | 2010.05.03

On May 3, the Latvian national airline airBaltic will start operating flights on the route connecting Finland cities Lappeenranta and Kuopio.

New Flights (from Finland)

Days of operation

Start date

Price (incl. taxes, fees, charges)*

Lappeenranta - Kuopio

1,2,4,6 (from Lappenranta)

2,3,5,7 (from Kuopio)

May 3 (Lappeenranta)

May 4 (Kuopio)

EUR 29

* The lowest available fare at www.airbaltic.com.

airBaltic will fly from Lappeenranta to Kuopio four times a week – Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (from Kuopio to Lappeenranta on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays). Passengers will board a Fokker 50 aircraft for a flight that will last 50 minutes. One-way ticket prices will start at EUR 29, including airport fees and transaction costs. A full schedule of flights is available on the company’s homepage – http://www.airbaltic.com/.

airBaltic serves 80 destinations from its home base at Riga, Latvia. From every one of these, airBaltic offers convenient connections via North Hub Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.

airBaltic photos: http://www.airbaltic.com/photos

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 31 aircraft – ten Boeing 737-500, eight Boeing 737-300, two Boeing 757-200, and eleven Fokker 50 airplanes. 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.