Using Riga as a hub, passengers from Stockholm can now access five eastern destinations with one-way ticketing: Moscow (starting at SEK 711 / EUR 74), Minsk (starting at SEK 660 / EUR 69), Kiev, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk (all starting at SEK 966 / EUR 101). (All prices are one-way, with airport taxes included.)

The same destinations are also accessible from Helsinki. Transit flights from the Finnish capital connect through to Minsk (from EUR 85), Moscow (from EUR 90), and Kiev, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk (all from EUR 112).

Travellers from the other two Scandinavian capitals can also benefit from this flexible system. Passengers from Copenhagen can fly to Moscow (starting from DKK 835 / EUR 112), Kiev (starting from DKK 996 / EUR 133) and Minsk (starting from DKK 795 / EUR 106), while passengers from Oslo can connect through to Minsk (starting from NOK 821 / EUR 105), Moscow (starting from NOK 863 / EUR 110), and Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk (both starting from NOK 1001 / EUR 128 ). Again, all prices are one-way inclusive of airport taxes (exchange rates as quoted by ECB on 28th October).

The one-way ticketing system was introduced on some airBaltic flights in 2003, and expanded to cover almost all the airline’s destinations from both Riga and Vilnius in 2004. The system both vastly increases passengers’ flexibility and planning options, and offers the widest possible range of prices. With the abolition of the Sunday rule, whereby passengers had to stay away over a Saturday night to qualify for the best price, airBaltic now offers a flexibility and range of service which is second to none.