Air Baltic anticipates its complete fleet of 51 Airbus A220-300 aircraft will be fully available by 2026, supporting a major capacity expansion for the summer season. The Latvian carrier currently operates 54 A220-300s, one of Europe’s youngest fleets, with recent deliveries including YL-BTD on February 15, 2026, the second addition that year, and YL-BTB at the end of December 2025.
This all-A220-300 fleet underpins plans to launch ten new routes and reinstate four others from spring 2026, boosting connectivity across the Baltic states. New direct services include Riga to Warsaw and Gothenburg, plus Vilnius to Zurich and Chișinău, complementing earlier announcements like Vienna, Hamburg, Athens, and Antalya. Reactivations cover Riga to Aberdeen, Belgrade, and Yerevan, and Tallinn to Oslo.
Capacity will rise 12 percent in Riga with over 400,000 additional seats, 21 percent in Lithuania, and 11 percent in Tallinn, enabling over 110 routes—a 9 percent increase from 2025—with higher frequencies on 30 existing lines. The A220-300s, in service since 2016, have logged about 550,000 flight hours, carried nearly 24 million passengers, and served over 80 destinations via ACMI operations.
Aircraft feature wider seats, larger windows, expanded overhead space, and accelerating Starlink Wi-Fi retrofits, with more than 20 units equipped since February 2025. Former CEO Martin Gauss noted the type’s 30 percent lower fuel flow versus older equivalents, aiding CO2 and NOx reductions. Air Baltic ranked among the world’s 50 safest airlines in 2026 by AirlineRatings.