OREANDA-NEWS. In March 2014, Latvian airline airBaltic carried 176,687 passengers throughout its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. During the first three months of 2014, airBaltic has transported a total of 489,190 passengers.

In March the airline operated 3,246 flights, or 6% less than in the same period of 2013, when 3,442 flights have been operated by airBaltic. During the first three months of 2014 the airline operated 9,305 flights.

The airline’s load factor, which represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of available seats, in March 2014 was at a level of 65%. During the first three months of 2014, airBaltic load factor was at a level of 62%.

The 15-minute flight punctuality indicator for airBaltic reached a level of 95,6% in March 2014. This means that more than 95 of every 100 airBaltic flights in March departed at the planned time or with a delay of no more than 15 minutes.