Latvian Air Transport 1990−2000
2011
Gunther Sollinger

Latvian independence in 1990−91 was followed by dramatic changes in the country’s economy, including the air transport sector. From having been an integrated part of Aeroflot, the monopoly provider of civil air transport services in the USSR, Latvian air transport after independence had to adjust to market economic principles. New laws and regulations had to be adopted, and authorities responsible for this sector instituted. According to political ambitions formulated at an early stage, by Latvian air transport was to become a part of the Western air transport system, following the overall framework of ICAO and opening the Latvian market to external competition. In the place of Aeroflot a number of new airlines were established in the country, both state and privately owned, operating scheduled, charter, cargo and business charter services. For many years, many airlines were to use aircraft which had been manufactured in the Soviet Union. The majority of aircraft registered in the Latvian Aircraft register between 1992 and 2000 were aircraft which formerly had been operated by Aeroflot. A radical change occurred in late 1995 when the Latvian government together with a Western airline formed a strategic alliance, establishing a new airline that was to use only Western flight equipment. This article shows the transformation of Latvian air transport between 1990 and 2000, with special attention paid to the regulatory framework, the airlines, and the aircraft fleet.


Atslēgas vārdi
Latvian air transport, civil aviation

Sollinger, G. Latvian Air Transport 1990−2000. Humanitārās un sociālās zinātnes. Nr.18, 2011, 55.-61.lpp. ISSN 1407-9291.

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