airBaltic increases number of passengers carried in June 2013

Riga. Latvian airline airBaltic carried 301,646 passengers in June 2013 that is increase compared to the same period last year, when airline’s services were used by 298 350 passengers. During the first half of 2013, airBaltic has transported a total of 1,344,961 passengers throughout its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.

The airline operated 22,014 flights in the first half of 2013, or 7% less than in the first six months of 2012 when airBaltic operated 23,750 flights. In June 2013, airBaltic operated 4,160 flights. For summer 2013, airBaltic has introduced six new destinations – Prague (Czech Republic), Heviz-Balaton (Hungary), Olbia (Sardinia, Italy), Rijeka (Croatia), Larnaca (Cyprus), and Malta.

The airline achieved a 2 percentage points improvement of load factor, which represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of available seats, to 78% in June 2013, comparing with the same month in 2012.

The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator for airBaltic was at a level of 77,7% in June 2013. This means that 77 of every 100 airBaltic flights in June departed at the planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes.