In December last year airBaltic changed its Internet Booking Engine. Doing so, we almost doubled the number of tickets sold via this channel within a single month. This again showed how important this easy-touse tool has become for our customers. Today, we sell around 50% of all our tickets on the Internet - and we expect this number to increase. Also airport check-in via the Internet, introduced for airBaltic passengers just a short while ago, has turned out to be a success. Already some 10% of our passengers in the Baltic countries use this opportunity.

airBaltic is opening up two intriguing new routes. From April 17, it will fly from Riga to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, and the largest city in Kazakhstan, Almaty.

From late March, airBaltic will offer new non-stop connection between Vilnius and the capital of France, Paris.

Throughout 2008, airBaltic will further develop its strategy of not only carrying passengers from point to point, but also offering quick and easy transfers via Riga airport. Already, airBaltic can offer some attractive onward connections between Scandinavia, Finland and the CIS countries.

This winter airBaltic has special tips for skiing fans wanting to reach Europe’s best slopes with minimum fuss. The airBaltic network provides numerous quick connections, and it’s easy for skiers to take advantage of them.

From December 2007, airBaltic introduced a separate charge for luggage of EUR 4.50 in an attempt to make its fares more transparent to passengers.

In cooperation with Reval Hotels, airBaltic has launched a new shuttle bus service connecting Riga International Airport with the Reval Hotel Latvija, situated in the city centre and just a 2 minute walk from the Old Town.

In December 2007 airBaltic congratulated the 10,000th airBaltic passenger to check in for a flight from Riga International airport using our online check-in system. Internet check-in has been available for airBaltic flights since August 2007. Online check-in services are very convenient, allowing passengers to save time by checking in, selecting their seat and printing out their boarding pass – all on the Internet.

From December 17 until January 15, EuroBonus cardholders can exchange their points for return flights on airBaltic Scandinavian routes for half the number of points that would usually be required. Flights from Riga to Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Stavanger, Bergen, Helsinki and Oulu are eligible, as are flights from Vilnius to Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki.

With St. Valentine’s Day fast approaching, it’s time to put on a Barry White CD, dim the lights, open a bottle of champagne and consider where you are going to spend the most romantic day of the year, courtesy of airBaltic…

"In Moscow, every foreigner is taken to look at the great cannon and the great bell – the cannon which cannot be fired and the bell which fell down before it was rung. It is an amazing town." Those were the words of Russian philosopher and writer Chaadaev, speaking in the early nineteenth century, but they are just as true today.