This is a list of defunct airlines of Latvia . [1] [2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
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Alpha Express Airlines | APZ | 2012 | 2014 | ||||
Baltic Express Line | LTB | BEL Baltic Express | 1993 | 2001 | |||
Baltic International Airlines | TI | BIA | 1991 | 1995 | Rebranded as Air Baltic | ||
Baltija Airlines | COS | 1993 | 1993 | Renamed/merged to LatCharter Airlines | |||
Concors | COS | 1991 | 2005 | ||||
Inversija | IA | INV | INVERS | 1991 | 2012 | ||
LAT-ALAK | 1994 | 1995 | |||||
Latavio | PV | LTL | LATAVIO | 1992 | 1996 | ||
LatCharter Airlines | 6Y | LTC | 1992 | 2008 | Rebranded as SmartLynx Airlines | ||
Latpass Airlines | QJ | LTP | 1995 | 2004 | |||
Latvian Airlines | 1991 | 1992 | Renamed/merged to Latavio | ||||
Latvijas Gaisa Satiksmes Akciju Sabiedriba | 1922 | 1925 | Was finally dissolved in 1928 | ||||
Primera Air Nordic | 6F | PRW | JETBIRD | 2014 | 2018 | ||
Riair | GV | RIG | Riga Airlines | 1992 | 1999 | ||
Transeast Airlines | T4 | TRL | LATTRANS | 1992 | 2001 | ||
Valsts gaisa satiksme | 1937 | 1940 | After Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 was absorbed into Aeroflot. | ||||
VIP Avia | 2000 | 2019 |
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