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Introduction

Riga International Airport
Riga LV-1053
Latvia
Telephone: +371 720 7069
Fax: +371 7224282
Web site: http://www.airbaltic.com

Private Company
Incorporated: 1995 as Air Baltic Corporation SIA
Employees: 500
Sales: LVL 33.5 million (2003)
NAIC: 481111 Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation

A/S Air Baltic Corporation (airBaltic) is Latvia's national airline. The two main shareholders are the government of Latvia and the Scandinavian airline group SAS AB. airBaltic operates a fleet of about 14 aircraft (Boeing 737 jets and Fokker 50 turboprops). The carrier flies to about 20 European destinations from hubs in Riga, Latvia, and Vilnius, Lithuania. Its primary focus is the Baltic Sea region.

1. Introduction
2. Origins
3. Forming Air Baltic in 1995
4. Weathering Change in the Late 1990s
5. In the Black in 2001
6. In the EU in 2004
7. Company Perspectives:
8. Key Dates:
9. Principal Divisions
10. Principal Competitors
11. Further Reading
12. Copyright Page
13. About Page