airBaltic launches its airBaltic bus service to regional cities
Source:transportweekly 2014-2-13 9:29:00
On 1 March, Latvian airline airBaltic will launch a brand new bus service to link its Riga hub with regional centres in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. airBaltic Bus will improve the connectivity of regional cities and will give customers better access to the airBaltic network spanning Europe, the Middle East and Russia/CIS.
Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “airBaltic Bus will link the Baltic cities to our route network and greatly improve regional accessibility. It means that leisure travellers and business people from Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the CIS will travel conveniently to these regions, and thus support their economies.”
airBaltic Bus is a free bus service offered to airBaltic passengers travelling to and/or from Riga International Airport. The bus service links the airport to the central bus stations in Valmiera, Jekabpils, Jelgava and Daugavpils in Latvia, Tartu in Estonia, Siauliai in Lithuania. Buses run according to a set schedule synchronised with airBaltic flight arrival and departure times, in order to offer convenient connections to airports in Europe, the Middle East and Russia/CIS. After booking their airBaltic flights, customers can then request the free bus service on the airBaltic website. The new airBaltic Bus service will launch on 1 March 2014.