Latvian airBaltic encroaching on Estonian Air's territory

The Latvian state airliner airBaltic is offering a growing number of flights from Tallinn to the same destinations as Estonian Air. The daily Postimees looks on with mixed feelings. "Of course it warms the heart of a traveller when cheaper airline tickets become available. For that reason it's also no wonder that airBaltic can announce new records while Estonian Air is losing its market share. Competition is competition, and the market will have its way. Those who don't manage to adjust their prices downwards in time shouldn't be amazed when they're forced to the sidelines. But as is often the case there is also another side of the coin, and this is just as important. For after the events in [Lithuanian capital] Vilnius, we must ask whether airBaltic is always on the up and up. Let's not forget, [the carrier] ended up forcing flyLAL into bankruptcy, with the result that Vilnius is the European capital with the worst air connections."

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