Manamanah

It would surprise me a lot if Air Baltic won´t increase their presence in Vilnius. In these days, or any other day, you can´t ignore an opportunity such as this!

TuckUnder77

Remember, the state of Lithuania, thanks to FlyLAL, has a case in the the ESA against BT and RIX international airport. Someone had their toes severely stepped on.

Up until this day BT has cut back on operations, crew and administrative personnel in VNO. They're leaving or want to give someone the impression they are.

Mr GinoPino

that's from flightglobal

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/01/16/321236/lithuanias-main-airline-flylal-to-cease-operations.html

epsum

Anybody knows, who operates ATR 42's from RIX to TLL? Yesterday I saw 2 white ATRs in TLL and both were BT flights. Or are those planes bought?

topper74

Those ATRs are from DOT i believe. They are wetleased , or semi wetleased , since the cabincrew is from airBaltic.

IRISHPILOT

They are from Danish Air Transport.

topper74

DAT kind of owns DOT.. DAT is the danish part of it with planes registred oy-xxx. As I understand it the DOT planes are registred as ly-xxx.

RIX BT

This is Danish Air Transport daughter company: Danu Oru transportas(Lithuanian).

Avyator

Anyone here who got their results yet?

oOjorelOo

It seems like everything is slowing down. Period. At BT's homepage they have removed the "termless" pilot application notice.

So... what's next? Some say head for Africa, but in the Maun thread a chap said that even there, the crisis affects the market. Time to get a FI certificate, perhaps?

Trolle

Just to enlighten your aviation knowledge, DOT is providing AB with a damp lease.

A wet-lease is a/c and crew (flight and cabin)
A damp-lease is a/c and crew (flight only)
A dry-lease is a/c only

andreblor

anyone any news on airBaltic??

gone very quiet.

A

hbiwe

There won't be much hope for cockpit jobs with BT for the next couple months, even years. Economic situation in Latvia is at its worst and there are rumors (very strong one's indeed) that some pilots might be laid off because some fleets are overstaffed.

TuckUnder77

How about the B757-200s? Have they turned out to be a success or what?

topper74

They look good on the apron. So if thats a succes criteria then ... yes

RIX BT

The current situation in Latvia is bad... Sad but true... If We are looking out, We can see first signs of economical sitation improvement in some European countries. And also You can meet activities in air companies of that countries. "Malev" started recruiting for summer season, and also "Norvegian" is opened for expierenced pilots. Currently, some pilots are leaving airBaltic. Two FO( Frank and Lars) left company at last month, and somebody are looking out for job in another companies, because rumours about salaries and another things are strong...

TuckUnder77

And now rumours are that Herr Wunderkind B M Flick will move BT nationality of registry to Cyprus. Any inside information regarding this issue?

pil00t

RIX BT - this is for you:

balticbusinessnews.com - airBaltic had USD 49.3 mln loss last year


So, how long can AB maintain operations with losses like that?

RIX BT

This is for You-pil00t

So old and incorrect information... Today is 17.07.09, but Your posted info is 5 days old. If You will look on Your posted info permalink, You will see at the right side of the page link airBaltic: Information on financial results was incorrect
Just look at this:
balticbusinessnews.com - airBaltic: Information on financial results was incorrect
Stay calm and check all info what are You posting.

And now-correct information:
airBaltic to Report its Financial Results till Mid-August


Riga. The mass media today published information on the financial results of airBaltic in 2008, and the source used was Airline Industry Update (AIU).The information on the financial results of airBaltic published by AIU up to today was incorrect, and it has been already deleted from the AIU website, http://www.airlineupdate.com/.

The information on the financial results of airBaltic published by AIU and used by the mass media contained incorrect data on the airline: the financial results were incorrect, the data on the owners were outdated, and the specified transit hubs of airBaltic were incorrect (according to AIU - Copenhagen and Vilnius, not Riga), as well as other information was incorrect.

airBaltic confirms the previously publicised information that the airline has been working with losses in 2008; airBaltic will report the audited financial results till mid-August. The airline would like to remind that precise information on it and its operation can be obtained directly from airBaltic.

RIX BT

As I see, You are Estonian pil00t, and may be this is a reason to post uncertain information about other companies.
Just check info about Your national airline:
Estonian Air’s passenger numbers drop off in first five months 2009

July 08 2009 09:30 AM
Economic News


The airline based in Estonia, Estonian Air’s passenger numbers has dropped off in the first five months of 2009 due to the constant difficult economic situation. Moreover, comparing to 2008 during the same period, Estonian Air’s passenger capacity has been reduced by 27.4% in 2009 i.e. Estonian Air carried 219 889 passengers during the first five months of 2009. However, from January to May 2009, the market share of Estonian Air on the flights at the airport in Tallinn was 43.4% that is 0.6 percentage points less than in 2008 over the same period.

Source: Estonian Air

URL : Estonian Air first quarter traffic - AirValid ®