Latvian national airline airBaltic will launch a new route from Riga to Larnaca on April 6, 2013, according to a statement by the Air Baltic Corporation. The new route of airBaltic will offer convenient travel between the two airports, and beyond to destinations in the Baltics, Scandinavia, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union.Michael Grimme, chief commercial officer of airBaltic said as part of the airline’s business plan, “we have been concentrating on high-demand routes and added frequencies to 12 destinations in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) already for this winter. At the same time we have decreased flying on low-demand routes, which makes aircraft available for other new routes. In total, we are planning to open six new routes for the next summer, and we are delighted to announce Larnaca as our new summer destination.

AirBaltic will fly from Riga to Larnaca once a week on Saturdays, while the return flight from Larnaca to Riga will be operated on early Sunday mornings to secure convenient connections. Passengers will board a Boeing 737 aircraft for a flight that will last for three hours and 50 minutes. One-way ticket prices will start at LVL 59 (€85), including airport fees and transaction costs. A full schedule of airBaltic flights can be found on the company serves 60 destinations from its home base in Riga, Latvia, and offers convenient connections via Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.The airBaltic fleet consists of 29 aircraft – six Boeing 737-500, eight Boeing 737-300, seven Fokker 50 airplanes and eight Bombardier Q400Next Gen.