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Geschrieben von Darr
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1995 | August 28 | airBaltic Joint Venture Agreement Signed. AIR BALTIC CORPORATION SIA Shareholders: Latvian State 51%, SAS- 29%, Baltic International USA – 8%, Swedfund International AB-6%, IØ Danish Investment Fund for Central and Eastern Europe. | | October 1 | First airBaltic flight. First airBaltic SAAB 340 arrives in Riga. |
1996
| January 24 | The first airBaltic AVRO RJ70 arrives in Riga. | | July 5 | airBaltic joins SAS EuroBonus Program. |
1997
| April 1 | airBaltic opens Cargo Department. |
1998
| November | The first airBaltic Fokker 50 arrives in Riga. |
1999
| January 25 | airBaltic registers change of the legal status – from Limited Liability company to Joint stock company (SIA – A/S). | | June 3 | SAAB 340 aircraft are taken out of operations and fully replaced by Fokker 50. | | September | airBaltic introduces operations in compliance with common European aviation operational standards (JAR Ops). |
2000
| April | Presentation of airBaltic new uniform. | | June | “Baltic Cargo Center” was founded. The joint venture between airBaltic. SAS and Globe Ground build and operate a modern cargo-handling terminal in Riga Airport. | | November 10 | airBaltic receives Latvian Quality Award 2000 for Business excellence.
airBaltic receives status Well Connected with SAS. |
2001
| June | airBaltic carries 1 millionth passenger. | | October 30 | SAS purchases shares owned by Swedfund International AB-6,5%, IØ Danish Investment Fund for Central and Eastern Europe – 6,5%. New shareholder structure: Latvian State 52,6% SAS – 47.2 %, Transaero – 0.2%. | | December | In 2001, for the first time in its history, airBaltic posts profit, after taxes, of USD 88 thousand. (56 000 LVL). |
2002
| September | The fourth airBaltic aircraft Fokker 50 is delivered to Riga. | | December | airBaltic closes 2002 with 406 Thousand Lats (EUR 675 000) profit after taxes. |
2003
| April 1 | airBaltic implements a new pricing structure – one way ticket concept. The price of tickets directly depends on demand. The traditional "Sunday rule" does not apply. | | April 20 | airBaltic launches ticket sales from the company's website via Internet. | | September | New staff uniforms are introduced. | | November | The fifth airBaltic aircraft Fokker 50 is delivered to Riga. | | November 24 | First Boeing 737-500 is introduced into airBaltic fleet and operations. | | December | airBaltic closes 2003 with 1,1 Million Lats (EUR 1.63 million) profit after taxes. |
2004
| February 12 | 2nd Boeing 737 joins BT fleet. | | February 17 | 6th Fokker 50 joins BT fleet. | | April 2 | 3rd Boeing 737 joins BT fleet. | | June 1 | airBaltic opens a hub in Vilnius and starts direct flights to a number of European destinations. airBaltic is the first airline in the Baltic states to take advantage of the opening of the aviation market following EU – accession and start operation from another state. | | June 4 | 4th Boeing 737 joins BT fleet. | | October 26 | 5th Boeing 737 joins BT fleet. | | October 27 | airBaltic introduces new corporate livery. | | December 17 | 6th Boeing 737 joins BT fleet. | | December | airBaltic overall net result for 2004 amounted to EUR 1,2 million (LVL 850 000) loss. |
2005
| February 1 | 7th Boeing 737 joins airBaltic fleet. | | April 6 | airBaltic opens representative office in Berlin. | | July 1 | 1st anniversary since airBaltic has started operations from Vilnius, Lithuania. | | October 1 | airBaltic celebrates the 10th anniversary of commencing its operations in Latvia. | | November 28 | airBaltic becomes General Sales Agent for Singapore Airlines Cargo in Latvia. | | November 28 | airBaltic adds two more Fokker 50 aircraft to its fleet . Fleet consists of 16 aircraft: 7 Boeing 737 and 9 Fokker 50 | | December 15 | airBaltic carries its millionth passenger. For the first time in its history the airline has carried over a million passengers in a year. |
2006 September 18 | The millionth passenger of the year carried by airBaltic | December | airBaltic adds another Boeing 737 to its fleet | December | airBaltic closes the year with 4.305 m LVL net profit |
2007February | airBaltic opens a representative office in St.Petersburg, Russia | April | Four Boeing 737 join the fleet. The fleet consists of 20 aircraft: 12 Boeing 737 and eight Fokker 50 | May | airBaltic commences regular operations out of Liepāja, Courland region in Latvia | June | airBalticcard Mobile, a pre-paid phone card, introduced | July | airBaltic launches online check-in system | September 1 | airBaltic opens Vilnius – Chisinau route, the first in a series of East-bound routes from Lithuania |
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