Tampere is the first base for the carrier outside the Baltics and has thus far proved to be a success. No doubt buoyed by Finland's own national airline Finnair, starting to reduce and consolidate domestic and regional flights.
airBaltic has launched two new direct destinations from the city of Tampere, to Milan in Italy and the popular French holiday destination for the rich and famous - Nice. The airline connects Tampere with eight destinations and will continue to base one of its Airbus A220-300 in Tampere for the summer season.
Petri Vuori, Finavia’s Senior Vice President, Sales and Route Development: “We are happy to welcome airBaltic’s new routes to Nice and Milan at Tampere-Pirkkala Airport. They are a great addition to Finavia’s route network and strengthen the already wide range of connections from Tampere to popular destinations in Europe. We are also excited to continue our great partnership of the past year and inspire travel locally from and to Tampere.”
Harri Ojala, Director of investments and global operations of Business Tampere: “We are happy airBaltic sees the Tampere region and the surrounding areas as we do – the fastest growing region in Finland, offering all the conditions for a successful home airport. The first year has looked promising despite the extremely challenging timing. I believe that passengers will reward airBaltic's commitment to Tampere well in the near future. We are also a rising tourist destination, and the municipality of Pirkkala is developing as a centre for logistics.”
Today in a special event at Finavia’s Tampere–Pirkkala Airport, airBaltic launched the new direct flights to Nice. A day earlier, direct flights to Milan were launched.
In addition to the new routes, airBaltic continues to perform direct flights from Tampere to Amsterdam (Netherlands), Copenhagen (Denmark), Munich (Germany), as well as to sunny leisure destinations – Malaga (Spain) and Rhodes (Greece). In addition, the airline continues scheduled flights to its home base in Riga (Latvia).