airBaltic Wet Leases Boeing 737-900ER from Ukraine International Airlines

(04 May 2022, 11:29 +07)  The Latvian airline airBaltic has wet leased a Boeing 737-900ER aircraft from Ukraine International Airlines.

The aircraft and its UIA crew joined the airBaltic network on 1 May 2022.

airBaltic Airbus A220-300. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

“We would like to thank our very good partner and friend airBaltic for selecting Ukraine International Airlines as a capacity provider on an ACMI basis for its network,” said Sergey Fomenko, VP Commerce, Ukraine International Airlines. “Especially now, when UIA temporarily cannot operate flights to and from Ukraine such an act of international aviation cooperation is very symbolic and important. UIA as IOSA certified carrier is ready to deliver high-quality service on routes of airBaltic.”

airBaltic continues to offer the best connectivity to and from Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius and Tampere, connecting those cities with leading European business centers and transit hubs.

The airline also offers a wide variety of leisure destinations from Riga, Latvia.

“Ukraine International Airlines has been a reliable long-term partner of airBaltic,” said Martin Gauss, airBaltic Chief Executive Officer. “It is now a very challenging time for the Ukrainian people and their national airline. By temporarily wet leasing their aircraft, we are also providing short term work to the employees of Ukraine International Airlines.”

See also: Airbus Deploys airBaltic A220-300 on Marketing Flight to Sydney, Singapore, Hanoi and Tokyo.