The Latvian airline airBaltic, has announced a further expansion in Vilnius by adding new destination to Dusseldorf (Germany). Both cities will be connected twice a week year-round, starting from October 31, 2024.
This will be the fourth direct destination in Germany from Vilnius, complementing the existing routes to Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg. The new route is a part of a risk-sharing cooperation between airBaltic and Lithuanian Airports, which is the third established agreement between both parties.
Simonas Bartkus, CEO of Lithuanian Airports: “The launch of this route means that we will have flights to six of Germany’s largest airports and ten regular routes between Lithuania and Germany. It is gratifying that our investment mechanism is successfully contributing to the development of a strategic direction for the country and to the preparation for the permanent deployment of the German brigade in our country.”
The flights between both cities will be operated by Airbus A220-300 aircraft. The A220-300 offers an excellent flying experience with such benefits for passengers as wider seats, larger windows, more hand luggage space in the cabin, and delivering better overall performance, and convenience for both passengers and the staff.
Furthermore, airBaltic this year connects Lithuania with more than 20 direct routes across the Europe, and by having 24 code-share partners, the airline providing one-stop connections the rest of the world. For the upcoming winter season airBaltic plans to launch seven new routes from the Baltic States – four from Riga, two from Vilnius and one from Tallinn. With this airBaltic strengths its position as the leading and the most preferred airline in the Baltic States.
airBaltic operates more than 130 routes from Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Tampere, and, seasonally, Gran Canaria, offering connections to a wide range of destinations in the airline’s route network in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Caucasus region.