The number of passengers carried by airBaltic this year reaches 1 million

The number of passengers carried by Latvian airline airBaltic in 2008 reached one million this June. For the first time in its history, the airline has carried a million passengers in six months. Last year airBaltic registered its millionth passenger in July, in 2006 – in September, in 2005 – in December.

The Latvian airline airBaltic carried 249,995 passengers in June 2008, or 26% more than in the same month in 2007, when airBaltic transported 198,040 passengers.

During the first six months of 2008, airBaltic transported a total of 1,118,917 passengers, or 29% more than during the same period in 2007, when the total number of passengers was 866,375.

In June, airBaltic operated 4,376 flights, or 28% more than the 3,409 flights of June 2007. Between January and the end of June, the airline increased its number of flights by 33% over the same period in 2007 - up to 22,061 flights in all.

Cabin factor in June 2008 was at a level of 64%. During the first six months of 2008 airline’s cabin factor was at a level of 58%.

The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator for airBaltic was at a level of 75.26% in June 2008. This means that more than 75 of every 100 airBaltic flights in June departed at the planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes.

Source: airBaltic

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