Baltic News Service
August 11, 2008 Monday 11:56 PM EET
LITHUANIA: AIRBALTIC PLANNING FLIGHT FROM GEORGIA’S NEIGHBORING
YEREVAN TO RIGA
VILNIUS Aug 11
The largest airline in the Baltic States – airBaltic – is saying it
will also help Lithuanian citizens return from Georgia. AirBaltic
plane landed in Yerevan from Riga, flight no BT7726, which will bring
passengers to Riga from the Armenian capital. Most passengers are
Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian citizens, who have left Georgia for
the capital of neighboring Armenia. There are some 150 seats on the
aircraft, with the final passenger list still under specification. The
airBaltic plane is due to land in Riga around 1 a.m. The Yerevan
national airport is currently faced with the problem of fuel supply to
airplanes (it was supplied from Georgia), therefore the airBaltic
aircraft came from Riga carrying a reserve of fuel, so as to be able
to return with passengers without having to make a stop. AirBaltic has
been typically carrying passengers from Riga to the Georgian capital
and back five times a week – on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
Fridays and Sundays. However, airBaltic cancelled the 22.40 flight
Sunday because of the war in Georgia, with the fate of future flights
to be decided in consideration of the situation in Georgia.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
