Riga, 12.05.2008

The Latvian airline airBaltic carried 181,943 passengers in April 2008, or 20% more than in the same month in 2007, when airBaltic transported 151,341 passengers.

During the first four months of 2008, airBaltic transported a total of 648,120 passengers, or 32% more than during the same period in 2007, when the total number of passengers was 489,558.

In April, airBaltic operated 3,778 flights, or 35% more than the 2,805 flight of April 2007. Between January and the end of April, the airline increased its number of flights by 38% over the same period in 2007 - up to 13,546 flights in all.

Cabin factor in April 2008 was at a level of 54%. During the first four months of 2008 airline’s cabin factor was at a level of 54%.

The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator for airBaltic was at a level of 87.1% in April – 1.3% points more than in March 2008. This means that more than 87 of every 100 airBaltic flights in April departed at the planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes.

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