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Expert: Replacing AirBaltic’s departing routes will not be easy
🇪🇪 Estonia /Economy & Trade

Expert: Replacing AirBaltic’s departing routes will not be easy

From Postimees · () Estonian

Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • AirBaltic plans to reduce the number of destinations served from Tallinn from 25 this summer to 13 next summer.
  • The airline will focus more heavily on its hub in Riga, while former Tallinn Airport board member Erik Sakkov described the move as logical.
  • Sakkov said Tallinn Airport would struggle to replace the routes being withdrawn.

AirBaltic plans to serve just 13 destinations from Tallinn next summer, down from 25 this summer, in a sharp reduction that will leave the Estonian capital with fewer direct connections.

The airline also intends to focus more heavily on its hub in Riga. Erik Sakkov, a former board member of Tallinn Airport, said the decision made sense from AirBaltic’s perspective.

But Sakkov warned that replacing the routes being withdrawn would not be easy for Tallinn Airport. The reduction therefore presents the airport with a practical challenge: finding alternatives for the connections AirBaltic no longer plans to operate.

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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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