Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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Riga Airport is trying to make itself more attractive for the introduction of new destinations

To encourage the introduction of new destinations at Riga Airport, the government on Tuesday reduced the fee that airlines must pay for each passenger on a new outbound destination served by the airport. Although this will ease the financial burden on airlines, the main cost items that, for example, Ryanair complains about will not be changed. For the 2025/2026 winter season, Ryanair has significantly reduced its total seat capacity (by around 20%), concentrating capacity in markets with lower […]

Fokker’s hydrogen plans in Latvia fizzled out along with Gauss’s dismissal

At the beginning of the week, Fokker Next Gen Latvia, which had previously announced that it would start work on the development of hydrogen aircraft engines in the Liepāja SEZ, initiated a liquidation process. The company’s management is not providing comments on this decision, but Inc. has obtained information from unrelated sources indicating that, among other things, the grand project has fallen through because the head of the national airline, Martin Gauss, left his position. One of Fokker […]

Žiemelis: the opportunity to be the first is very attractive

The Dublin-based Avia Solutions Group is the world’s largest ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) services provider. The group operates in more than 70 countries and has offices in Lithuania, Dubai, Dublin and other cities worldwide. The group consists of more than 200 companies that provide a wide range of aviation services, including aircraft maintenance and repair (MRO), […]

Low-cost private aviation

To be able to offer elite, private aviation to a wider audience, JSX co-founder and CEO Alex Wilcox has to stay one step ahead of federal regulations. As if it were an awkward joke by his grumpy character from the series Curb Your Enthusiasm, writer and actor Larry David has arrived at the wrong airport – Los Angeles instead of Burbank. “Wait a minute!” says the airline JSX co-founder and […]

The national airline will have a new destination available – Riyadh: The strategic investor is also resuming flights

With the national airline airBaltic’s strategic investor Lufthansa resuming direct flight connections with the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Latvia is also ready to open such routes. In the autumn, a representative of the Ministry of Transport will sign an agreement that will create a legal basis for such flights. The company announced on August 11 that Lufthansa is resuming the direct air connection with Riyadh that was discontinued in 2017. Meanwhile, tomorrow, on the 19th, […]