EconomyPublished: 20 October 2026 at 10:32

Mass layoffs at airBaltic will be a difficult process, says supervisory board chairman

Latvia's national airline airBaltic is expected to carry out collective dismissals of employees in the near future. Board chairman Andrey Martynov called it the most difficult of the upcoming processes.

Latvia's national airline airBaltic is expected to carry out a collective dismissal of employees in the near future. Andrey Martynov, chairman of the company's board, said so in an interview with the Latvian Radio programme Labrīt.

According to him, this will be the most difficult of the processes still ahead for the company.

The source does not say how many employees could be affected, when the dismissals will begin or what the reasons for them are. Such details were not given in the available part of the interview.

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