From Riga again be able to fly to Sochi
The first regular flight between Riga and Sochi on Wednesday, said the 12-th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum of Ministers of Transport of Latvia Ainars Slesers during a meeting with Transport Minister Igor Levitin.
Flights in this area twice a week, will serve as the Latvian airline Air Baltic. The flight duration will be about three hours. Direct flights between Riga and Sochi was interrupted in 1990. To date, such flight does not comply with any one airline. The Latvian airline Air Baltic - one of the fastest growing carriers in the European market.
In 2007, the number of passengers the airline was more than 2 million. The airline operates direct flights from Riga and Vilnius. In Russia, Air Baltic flies from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad to Riga. The company cooperates with the airline Aeroflot, Aeroflot-Don, STC Russia, SAS, Spanair, Austrian Airlines, AeroSvit Airlines, Azerbaijan Airlines AZAL, Belavia, Uzbekistan Airways and Georgian Airways. It is planned that will open a new flight, the Latvian Ambassador to Russia Teikmanis, RIA News .
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