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The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

Latvian carrier airBaltic is pressing ahead with its plans for an initial public offering (IPO).

AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss tells Aviation Daily that issues with its Airbus A220s' PW1500G engines are subsiding.

How airlines have adapted their maintenance cost strategies and planning to cope with unprecedented upheaval in the market.

Operators are being forced to consider short-term MRO solutions as they try to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

AirBaltic says a shortage of spare engines led to an average of 11 grounded aircraft in its Airbus A220 fleet and forced the airline to wet-lease capacity.

The European Cockpit Association (ECA) says it has uncovered “troubling labor law violations” within wet-leasing operations in Europe.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and airspace closures are having long-term effects on the networks of European carriers.

Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), is known for his strongly worded statements.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

The ongoing shortage of Pratt & Whitney engines has left 10 of airBaltic’s 41 Airbus A220-300s grounded.

Latvia's airBaltic is this autumn adding three new routes to Tenerife South Airport in Spain's Canary Islands from its bases in Tallinn, Vilnius and Tampere.

A large number of Airbus A320neos, A220s and Embraer E2 aircraft are parked as Pratt & Whitney struggles with retrofits and engine supply.

AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss plans to double his Airbus A220 fleet to 100 aircraft, creating opportunities for 60 aircraft to be placed outside its home market.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

Latvian carrier airBaltic plans to wet-lease more aircraft from March 27 to May 31 to mitigate the impact of delays in engine maintenance by Pratt & Whitney.

Latvian carrier airBaltic is bringing on four wet-leased Airbus A320s in summer 2023

The airline plans to equip its A220-300 fleet with Starlink by the end of 2023.

Latvian carrier airBaltic is making preparations for its stock-exchange listing, with a view to an initial public offering (IPO) in autumn 2024.

AirBaltic plans to fly A220s to eight destinations from Tampere airport in southern Finland this summer.

The winter additions will see the airline return to cities including Belgrade, Bucharest and Istanbul.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The airline is already operating to Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.