airBaltic network to increase 21% in summer 2021

airBaltic announced (08-Jul-2020) plans to operate 82 routes in summer 2021, representing 21% year-on-year network growth. The carrier will launch or resume the following 15 services from Riga, postponed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic:

• New services:
  • Bergen: Twice weekly from 30-Mar-2021;
  • Yekaterinburg: Twice weekly from 31-Mar-2021;
  • Stavanger: Twice weekly from 27-Apr-2021;
  • Yerevan: Twice weekly from 02-May-2021;
  • Trondheim: Twice weekly from 01-Jun-2021;
  • Manchester: Four times weekly from 02-Jun-2021;
• Resumptions:
  • Almaty: Three times weekly from 28-Mar-2021;
  • Aberdeen: Twice weekly from 30-Mar-2021;
  • Rhodes: Weekly from 24-Apr-2021;
  • Baku: Twice weekly from 28-Apr-2021;
  • Venice: Twice weekly from 01-May-2021;
  • Palma de Mallorca: Weekly to twice weekly from 02-May-2021;
  • Kazan: Twice weekly from 03-May-2021;
  • Thessaloniki: Twice weekly from 11-May-2021;
  • Olbia: Weekly from 22-May-2021.

The carrier will also increase frequencies, including Barcelona, Dublin, Paris and Rome frequencies. [more - original PR]