Latvian carrier airBaltic has placed an order for an additional 30 Bombardier CS300 series aircraft. The deal was announced on May 28th, and includes an option for up to another 30 additional aircraft, with deliveries scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2019. This order follows airBaltic’s previous order of 20 CS300 aircraft, with the airline already operating 8 of the aircraft type. The airline expects to take delivery of the remaining 12 aircraft by 2019. The CSeries aircraft is set to replace the current Boeing 737’s in the airBaltic fleet.
The order is strategic for implimentation the next phase of the company business strategy called “Destination 2025”. This strategy will expand the scale of the airline’s operations from its bases in the Baltic countries of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. This plan is designed to greatly increase the number of passengers and revenue by the year 2025.
Currently, airBaltic operates over 70 routes from Riga, Tallinn, and Vilnius to the major cities of Europe, Scandinavia, the Middle East, and the Russian Commonwealth countries. This summer, airBaltic has introduced new direct service connecting Tallinn and London, as well as 8 new destinations from Riga to Almaty, Bordeaux, Gdansk, Kaliningrad, Lisbon, Malaga, Sochi, and Split.
