airBaltic, legally incorporated as AS Air Baltic Corporation, is the flag carrier of Latvia. Its head office are located on the grounds of Riga International Airport in Mārupe municipality near Riga.
An airBaltic Airbus A220-300
A former airBaltic Avro RJ70 in historic livery, which was retired in 2005
An airBaltic Boeing 757-200WL taking off from Riga International Airport, the airline's base, with other aircraft in the fleet in the background (May 2010)
The airline's hub, Riga International Airport, also houses the corporate head offices.
The Airbus A220 is a family of five-abreast narrow-body airliners by Airbus Canada Limited Partnership. It was initially developed by Bombardier Aviation with the program launched on 13 July 2008 and
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…Tampere and a seasonal base in Las Palmas launched in 2023. It is majority owned (88.37%) by the government of Latvia. It operates flights only on Airbus A220 aircraft. Baltic International Airlines (BIA) was a Latvian and US joint venture company owned by SIA Baltic International Airlines whose main airport…
An A220-300, the larger and more common variant, shown in Airbus livery
BRJ-X, a four-abreast forerunner concept in early 1996
Despite initial difficulties in finding the right engine for the CSeries, the choice finally fell on the new GTF engine from Pratt & Whitney in late 2007.
CSeries program was launched at the 2008 Farnborough Airshow with the C110 and C130 variants, which were redesignated CS100 and CS300 in 2009.