Latvian airline airBaltic carried overall 199,085 passengers in January 2010 (from Riga, Vilnius and Tallin), representing 12% more than in the same month in 2009, when airBaltic transported 177,197 passengers. In January of this year, the number of passengers at the base of airBaltic in Riga has increased by 20% compared to the same period last year.
In January, airBaltic operated 4,011 flights, or 11% more than the 3,607 flights of January 2009.
The airline’s load factor, which represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of available seats, in January 2010 was at a level of 57%, or 1% point less than in January 2009.
The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator for airBaltic was at a level of 85.9% in January 2010. This means that more than 85 of every 100 airBaltic flights in January departed at the planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes.
