European carriers suspend ops amid increased border controls

airBaltic (BT, Riga) plans to operate 82 routes in summer 2021, representing a 21% increase on this summer, it announced in a statement on July 8. The news came less than a week after the European Commission approved, under EU state aid rules, the Latvian government’s investment of EUR250 million euros (USD282 million) into the company’s equity.

The Latvian flag carrier announced its summer 2021 network together with 15 seasonal destinations from Riga that were postponed this year because of the Covid-19 outbreak.

New among these are Bergen (2x weekly from March 30, 2021), Ekaterinburg (2x weekly from March 31), Manchester Int'l (4x weekly from June 2), Stavanger (2x weekly from April 27), Trondheim (2x weekly from June 1), and Yerevan (2x weekly from May 2).

The rest among the 15 are Aberdeen Dyce (2x weekly from March 30), Almaty (3x weekly from March 28), Baku (2x weekly from April 28), Kazan Int'l (2x weekly from May 3), Olbia (1x weekly from May...