airBaltic and Turkish Airlines to Offer Destinations in Middle East, Asia and Africa

Latvian national airline airBaltic has concluded a cooperation agreement (special prorate agreement) with Turkish Airlines to offer convenient connections to destinations in Turkey, Middle East, Asia and Africa.

The new agreement will enable airBaltic passengers to reach 11 new domestic destinations in Turkey – Adana, Kayseri, Gaziantep, Konya, Samsun, Trabzon, Hatay, Bodrum, Van, Erzurum and Elazig, as well as 20 destinations in the Middle East and Africa – Abu Dhabi (UAE), Cairo (Egypt), Addisabeba (Ethiopia), Baghdad (Iraq), Teheran, Mashhad and Tabriz (Iran), Doha (Qatar), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Tripoli and Benghazi (Libya), Lagos (Nigeria), Jeddah, Riyadh and Medina (Saudi Arabia), Damascus and Aleppo (Syria), and Khartoum (Sudan).
The lowest ticket prices for these flights are available at www.airbaltic.com, as well as at the online travel agency www.airbaltictravel.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.

ABOUT US
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 avi?cijas sist?mas, with 47.2% of stock. The airBaltic fleet consists of 29 aircraft – six Boeing 737-500, eight Boeing 737-300, two Boeing 757-200, ten Fokker 50 airplanes and three 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. 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.