On September 2, 2023, the Latvian national airline airBaltic welcomed its 43rd Airbus A220-300 jet, registered as YL-ABR, in Riga.
This is the fourth Airbus A220-300 delivery for airBaltic in 2023. It is a part of the 50 Airbus A220-300 which airBaltic has ordered. In addition, airBaltic holds 30 options and purchase rights for the same aircraft type.
Thus far, airBaltic has carried close to 13,000,000 passengers on the Airbus A220-300 aircraft. Airbus A220-300s of the airline have completed nearly 143,000 flights and flown over 311,000 block hours.
Since May 2020, airBaltic operates all its flights with a single aircraft type – Airbus A220-300, thus minimizing the complexity and benefiting from the additional efficiency provided by the aircraft.