I-airBaltic yakhethwa ngenxa yokubuyiselwa kwayo okuqinile ekukhuleni nasekuzuzeni inzuzo ngemva kokuvela esikhathini esiyinselele sokuhlelwa kabusha. Izinombolo zabagibeli zonyaka, ezingashintshile zifinyelela ezigidini ezi-2.6 phakathi kuka-2008 no-2015, zibukeka zizofinyelela ezigidini ezinhlanu ngo-2019, okucishe kuphindeke kabili eminyakeni emine. Imali engenayo iye yajabulela ukwanda okufanayo.
Iminyaka yokuhlela kabusha ye-airBaltic kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali okuyidlanzana kwango-2016 okuvela kubatshalizimali abazimele kusize ukuvikela ukuguquguquka kwayo nokuvuselela ukukhula okunenzuzo. Lokhu kusekelwe yisinqumo sayo sokuthenga i-Airbus A220-300 futhi ekugcineni isuse zonke izinhlobo zayo ze-Boeing 737 kanye ne-Bombardier Dash-8s ngendiza entsha.
I-airBaltic yenze iminyaka eyisithupha ilandelana yenzuzo eyinsalela ngo-2018. U-CEO u-Martin Gauss uthe u-2021 noma u-2022 kungaba isikhathi esifanele se-IPO, inqobo nje uma inkampani yezindiza ifinyelela imigomo. Khonamanjalo, uyaqhubeka ngobuhlakani nokwakha irekhodi lenkampani yezindiza lokukhula ngendlela efanele ukuze kuqinisekiswe inzuzo esimeme.
USihlalo we-CAPA u-Emeritus Peter Harbison uthe: “I-airBaltic ihlanganisa isisekelo sezindleko ze-LCC nomkhiqizo ophoqelelayo wesigaba sebhizinisi esiyingxubevange, kuyilapho inethiwekhi yomzila wayo ikhomba lapho kudingeka khona ngehabhu nemodeli ekhulunywayo. Ukukhula kwayo kanye nokubuyela enzuzweni, eyakhelwe phezu kwesabelo semakethe esiqinile emakethe yasekhaya yaseLatvia kanye nesifunda esibanzi saseBaltic, kufanele nakanjani kuhehe inzalo yabatshalizimali. "
UMartin Gauss, oyiChief Executive Officer ye-airBaltic uthe: “Thina kwa-AirBaltic sibe nomunye unyaka wokusebenza kanzima nokukhula ngempumelelo. Siqhubekile nokuthuthukisa izinsiza zethu, ukwenza izimoto zibe zesimanje kanye nokwandisa inethiwekhi yomzila ukuze kube nokuxhumana okungcono. Abagibeli abengeziwe bayawazisa umkhiqizo wethu futhi bakhetha i-airBaltic njengesithwali sabo. Ngenxa yalokho, isabelo sethu semakethe esiphelele e-Baltics kulo nyaka sifinyelele ku-37%, siklelisa i-airBaltic inkampani yezindiza enguNo 1 e-Latvia nase-Estonia ngesabelo semakethe esingu-60% no-21% ngokulandelana. Umklomelo weCAPA Regional Airline of the Year uwudumo olukhulu nesikhuthazo esihle kakhulu eqenjini lethu ukuthi lilandele inkambo yokuthuthuka nokukhula okuqhubekayo.”
