airBaltic Partners with Skyways From Vilnius

Posted 18/05/2011

Latvian national carrier airBaltic has entered into a commercial partnership with Swedish regional carrier Skyways on flights from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.  From June 7 Skyways will inaugurate six times weekly flights from Vilnius to Stockholm and Berlin, services which also provide onward travel options to  domestic destinations in Sweden, including Halmstad, Jonkoping, Kristianstad, Karlstad, Sundsvall from Stockholm and to Geneva via Berlin (from June 20).  These flights will all be operated using Embraer ERJ 145s and will include airBaltic’s ‘BT’ code.

airBaltic is currently the largest operator out of Vilnius International Airport, a market where Ryanair and fellow Baltic carrier Estonian Air also have a strong presence, as there is currently no scheduled national carrier in Lithuania since the collapse of flyLAL in January 2009 and more recently Star1 Airlines in September 2010.

The two new routes to Berlin Tegel and Stockholm Arlanda are already served by Estonian Air.  An estimated 7,700 O&D passengers travelled on the route to Germany, a market the carrier has been serving four times weekly since the start of this month, while 34,000 passengers flew to the Swedish capital, where it offers six flights per week. 

Schedule:

Vilnius – Berlin Tegel
JZ130/BT5697 VNO1445 – 1515TXL ER4 x67
JZ131/BT5696 TXL1545 – 1820VNO ER4 x67

Vilnius – Stockholm
JZ120/BT5695 VNO0650 – 0715ARN ER4 x67
JZ121/BT5690 ARN0745 – 1010VNO ER4 x67

Berlin Tegel – Geneva
JZ4002/BT5637 TXL0630 – 0800GVA ER4 x67
JZ4010/BT5657 TXL1740 – 1910GVA ER4 x67
JZ4005 GVA0830 – 1000TXL ER4 x67
JZ4015/BT5689 GVA1940 – 2110TXL ER4 x67

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