• February 12, 2026
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From Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Abu Dhabi: Eurowings launches new long-haul connection

Abu Dhabi is now an attractive, new long-haul destination in BER’s flight schedule. Eurowings will fly to the metropolis on the Persian Gulf three times a week in the 2025/2026 [..]

Five years of Berlin Brandenburg Airport: 100 million passengers and expanding digital services

Five years after opening, Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) is reporting positive results. Since Terminal 1 went into operation on 31 October 2020, BER has been successfully developed into an efficient, [..]

GetJet Airlines and Tez Tour sign a new long-term agreement

GetJet Airlines, Lithuanian ACMI and charter service provider, has signed a long-term agreement with Tez Tour, one of the largest travel organizers in the Baltic States, marking a new chapter [..]

Condor is expanding its presence at Berlin Brandenburg Airport

Condor is significantly increasing its flight offerings from BER in the 2025/2026 winter flight schedule. From 3 November, the German airline will connect Berlin Brandenburg with Dubai twice a day [..]

Berlin Brandenburg Airport is “World’s Most Improved Airport 2025”

Berlin Brandenburg Airport has been honoured with the title “World’s Most Improved Airport” at this year’s World Airport Awards in Madrid on 9 April. The award is presented annually by [..]

BER records 1.95 million passengers in March

In March 2025, 1.95 million people travelled through Berlin Brandenburg Airport. In March 2024, there were 1.92 million passengers, according to traffic report figures. The busiest day of the month [..]

GetJet Airlines to establish new MRO facility at Vilnius International Airport

GetJet Airlines has successfully secured a long-term land lease at Vilnius International Airport (VNO) through an auction organized by Lithuanian Airports. The airline has been granted the rights to a [..]

Passenger numbers at Riga Airport increase by 9 percent

This February, Riga Airport served 433 000 passengers, bringing the total number of travellers since the beginning of the year to approximately 900 000, which is an 9 % increase [..]

Lufthansa reports €1.4 billion net profit for 2024, plans expansion

German airline conglomerate Lufthansa Group reported a decline in net profit for fiscal 2024, dropping to €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) from €1.7 billion the previous year. The group generated an [..]

airBaltic share capital reduced substantially

The share capital of the Latvian national flag carrier airBaltic has been reduced by EUR 571.293 million to just EUR 25.179 million, according to information from Firmas.lv. The share capital [..]

Passenger Traffic at Riga Airport Increased in January

RIX Riga Airport handled a total of 458 000 passengers in January, marking a nine percent increase compared to January 2024. According to operational data, the number of direct passengers [..]

New Departure Terminal at Vilnius Airport Officially Opened

The new passenger departure terminal at Vilnius Airport was officially opened, paving the way for enhanced capacity to accommodate the growing number of travellers and improving the country’s connectivity. This [..]

A new airline at Vilnius Airport: Israir Airlines plans to start flights from April

Israir Airlines plans to start operating direct regular flights between Tel Aviv and Vilnius from the end of April this year. Until now, this company has not operated flights in [..]

airBaltic to offer two daily flights from Tallinn to Amsterdam

On March 30, the Latvian flag carrier airBaltic will add a second flight to Amsterdam to its flight schedule from Tallinn, thus creating excellent connections to North America, the UK, [..]

First Lufthansa flight with Airbus A380 to Denver

Next summer, Lufthansa will fly to Denver (USA) for the first time with the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380. This makes the capital of Colorado the sixth destination [..]

Wizzair flight from London fails to reach Kaunas, turns back over Poland

A Wizz Air flight from London to Kaunas in Lithuania was diverted on Thursday. According to the flight tracking Website Flighradar24.com, the airplane turned back when it was over Poland [..]

Norwegian to launch new flights from Riga

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian) has told the LETA news agency that it will launch nonstop flights from Riga to Burgas in Bulgaria during the coming summer season. The airline will [..]

airBaltic supervisory board to be replaced

The supervisory board of Latvia’s flag carrier airBaltic will be replaced under an agreement which the board reached with the Latvian Ministry of Transport, according to a statement issued by [..]

German budget airline Eurowings will receive Boeing 737 aircraft

German budget airline Eurowings will begin operating Boeing jets in 2027, with the Lufthansa subsidiary announcing on Monday that it would receive a total of 40 737-8 MAX aircraft from [..]

Lufthansa to take minority stake in Italy’s ITA Airways on January 13

Frankfurt (dpa) – German aviation giant Lufthansa Group is set to take a stake in Italian state-owned airline ITA on January 13 following years of negotiations over a deal, dpa [..]

Swiss Airlines to add additional flights

Swiss International Airlines as announced that it will increase the number of flights between Lithuania and Zurich in 2025. In April, May, September and October the airline will operate six [..]

Fate of Estonian state-owned airline Nordica still hanging in the balance

The Estonian government has deferred a pivotal decision on the future of the state-owned aviation firm Nordica. The airline is facing a crisis point, reportedly racing to secure aircraft contracts [..]

EU Aviation Safety Agency bans travel to Israeli, Lebanese airspace

In response to the situation in the Middle East, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has temporarily banned EU carriers from using the airspace of Israel and Lebanon. This [..]

Passengers will be required to remove liquids at Vilnius Airport terminal due to EU rules

Equipment installed at Vilnius Airport’s new passenger departure terminal, due to open in February, would allow passengers not to remove liquids during screening, but new EU regulations do not allow [..]

Play Airlines to operate twice-weekly Vilnius-Reykjavik flights from next year

Iceland’s low-cost carrier Play Airlines is set to increase its flight frequency between Vilnius and Reykjavik to twice a week starting in mid-May next year, Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports, [..]

airBaltic to establish new crew bases and raise salaries for pilots and cabin crew

As national airline airBaltic continues to expand across the Baltic countries, the airline plans to establish new crew bases in Tallinn and Vilnius, airBaltic representatives informed LETA. For the upcoming [..]

Airbus A340s scheduled to fly from Siauliai to Sri Lanka, Philippines ended up in Iran

Two Airbus A340s belonging to Gambia’s leasing company Macka Invest Company, which were due to fly from Siauliai to Sri Lanka and the Philippines in late February, ended up in [..]

airBaltic is not planning on ensuring regular flights to Liepaja at the moment

Latvian national airline airBaltic does not plan to provide regular flights to Liepaja, however, discussions and plans on the possibility of such flights in the future are still topical and [..]

Riga Airport to Implement Ambitious Development and Rebranding Projects

RIX Riga Airport will start the implementation of ambitious development plans this year – the construction of the new passenger terminal and work on the creation of RIX Airport City [..]

Helicopter maintenance hangars to be opened at Siauliai Air Force Base in Lithuania

Helicopter hangars for storage and maintenance will be opened at the Lithuanian army’s Air Force Base in Siauliai, northern Lithuania, on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said. An administrative building with [..]

airBaltic Places New Order, Eyes Expansion to 100 Airbus A220-300s by 2030

During the Dubai Airshow 2023, the Latvian national airline airBaltic and the aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced a firm purchase agreement for 30 Airbus A220-300 aircraft with purchase rights for an [..]

airBaltic is not yet planning to offer direct flights to US – Gauss

Latvian national airline airBaltic does not yet plan to offer direct flights from Latvia to the United States, Martin Gauss, President and CEO of airBaltic, told Latvian Television this morning. [..]

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