airBaltic Receives ch-aviation Europe's Second Youngest Aircraft Fleet Award 2023
Latvian airline airBaltic has been recognized by the web-based service provider ch-aviation as the winner of the Europe's Second Youngest Aircraft Fleet Award 2023 with an average fleet age of 3.8 years.
Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “We are glad to have been recognized among airlines with the most modern aircraft fleet in Europe. Since May 2020, we operate all of our flights with a single aircraft type – Airbus A220-300 – minimizing the complexity and benefiting from the additional efficiency provided by the aircraft.”
“Airbus A220-300 is the backbone of airBaltic operations, and having a single type fleet has helped us to ensure significant connectivity to and from the Baltics. We see this aircraft type as one of our main competitive advantages which we benefit from today and in the future,” Martin Gauss added.
The ch-aviation Youngest Aircraft Fleet Award recognizes airlines worldwide for keeping their fleet young, modern, and efficient. To determine which airlines currently operate the youngest aircraft fleets, ch-aviation maintains an extensive aircraft database consisting of more than 4 800 active operators and more than 69 000 aircraft worldwide.
Since introduction of the first Airbus A220-300 aircraft in late 2016, airBaltic has carried nearly 10 500 000 passengers on the aircraft type. Airbus A220-300’s of the airline have completed more than 120 000 flights and flown over 263 000 block hours.
Since May 2020, airBaltic operates all its flights with a single aircraft type – Airbus A220-300. The aircraft has performed beyond the company’s expectations, delivering better overall performance, fuel efficiency, and convenience for both passengers and the staff. It offers an excellent flying experience with such benefits for passengers as wider seats, larger windows, more hand luggage space in the cabin, improved lavatories, and much more.
In addition, the A220-300 is also considerably quieter – with a four times smaller noise footprint. Moreover, at the moment, it is the greenest commercial aircraft in the world, as it is the first aircraft to have a transparent declaration of the life-cycle environmental impact, helping to reduce CO2 and NOX emissions by 20% and 50% respectively.
airBaltic in brief:
airBaltic (Air Baltic Corporation AS) connects the Baltic region with over 70 destinations in Europe, the Middle East, and the CIS. Over the last 27 years airBaltic has developed as a strong, profitable and internationally respected airline, which employs more than 2200 employees. airBaltic is by far the best known international brand of Latvia and responsible for more than 2.5% of the Latvian GDP. airBaltic operates 39 Airbus A220-300 aircraft. airBaltic has received numerous international awards for excellence and innovative services. Skytrax has awarded Latvian airline airBaltic a five–star COVID-19 safety rating and the Best Airline in Eastern Europe in 2022. In addition, airBaltic is one of the Top twenty airlines for COVID-19 compliance by the safety, product, and COVID-19 rating agency Airlineratings.com. In 2018 and 2019 airBaltic received the ATW Airline Industry Achievement Award as the Market Leader of the Year. In addition, in 2019 airBaltic received Sector Leadership Award by Airline Business. airBaltic is a joint stock company that was established in 1995. Its primary shareholder is the Latvian state, which holds 97.96% of the stock, while the rest of the shareholders hold 2.04%.
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For further information, please contact:
airBaltic Corporate Communication Unit
A/S Air Baltic Corporation
Email: pr@airbaltic.com