{"id":15211,"date":"2026-02-16T14:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/15211\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:49:08","slug":"airbaltic-receives-its-54th-airbus-a220-300-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/15211\/","title":{"rendered":"airBaltic receives its 54th Airbus A220-300 aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 15 February, the Latvian airline airBaltic welcomed its newest Airbus A220-300 jet, registered as YL-BTD, in Riga.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second aircraft delivered to airBaltic in 2026 and the 54th of this type overall.<\/p>\n<p>The newest jet strengthens airBaltic\u2019s Airbus A220-300 fleet, which operates across the airline\u2019s route network, connecting passengers to a wide range of destinations.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft is also used in cooperation with partners in other European markets through ACMI services.<\/p>\n<p>This flexible approach allows airBaltic to adjust capacity as needed and make efficient use of its fleet throughout the year, taking seasonal demand into account.<\/p>\n<p>Since the introduction of Airbus A220-300 into its fleet in 2016, airBaltic has carried more than 24 million passengers on the Airbus A220-300, operated approximately 250 000 flights, and logged over 551 000 flight hours, demonstrating the suitability of this aircraft type for both shorter and longer routes.<\/p>\n<p>The Airbus A220-300 aircraft offers improved passenger comfort features, including wider seats, larger windows, and increased overhead baggage space.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the aircraft feature a significantly lower noise level and reduced CO\u2082 and NOx emissions compared to previous generation aircraft, reinforcing their efficiency and environmental performance.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-79527 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026_02_16_airBaltic_54th_A220-300_4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"444\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On 15 February, the Latvian airline airBaltic welcomed its newest Airbus A220-300 jet, registered as YL-BTD, in Riga.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[4975,11310,169,168],"class_list":{"0":"post-15211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-riga","8":"tag-airbaltic","9":"tag-airbus-a220-300-jet","10":"tag-latvia","11":"tag-riga"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}