Meeting with the management of the «airBaltic» airline

On February 1, 2022, a meeting was held at the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Latvia with Svetlana Abashkina, Vice President for External Relations of Air Baltic Corporation AS.

The main purpose of the meeting is to continue the negotiation process on the resumption of direct flights between Kazakhstan and Latvia by the Latvian national carrier.

During the meeting, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan stressed that the resumption of flights would give an additional impetus to the development of economic, cultural, humanitarian and tourism ties between Kazakhstan and Latvia. The parties agreed to continue consultations on this issue between the aviation departments of the two countries.

Air Baltic Corporation AS was founded in 1995. The main shareholder of the company (96.14% of shares) is the Government of the Republic of Latvia. The airline operates flights to 70 destinations and is the largest air carrier in the Baltic region.

In 2018, the airline carried out seasonal flights on the route: Riga - Almaty - Riga. Due to the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection in 2020-2021, flights were canceled.