All entries located in Riga (Latvia), newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/regions/riga 2026-10-05T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:871d15fd:en 2026-10-05T06:00:00Z

Latvian airline airBaltic notified Latvia's state employment agency of a collective redundancy on 05.10.2026; 500 to 700 of its roughly 3,000 staff at the Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn bases could be affected. The cuts follow a new business plan after the creditor protection proceedings opened in mid-September: the fleet is to shrink from 54 to about 36 aircraft by the end of 2026, talks with unions on shorter working hours for pilots and cabin crew are under way, and no individual decisions have been taken yet (aeroTELEGRAPH, 05.10.2026; second source: LSM, 05.10.2026). Update (25 Oct 2026): On 14 Sep 2026 airBaltic filed for Chapter 11 protection with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, together with certain subsidiaries; flights continue as scheduled and tickets and bookings remain valid. The process is meant to provide a framework for negotiations with creditors such as aircraft lessors (AviTrader, 14 Sep 2026). Update (30 Oct 2026): airBaltic confirmed to LSM that it plans to cut about 300 flying-crew jobs, around 100 pilots (bases Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn) and 200 cabin crew (all in Riga); the figures may still change after staff assessments, reflecting changes to the 2027 timetable and route network, and the Latvian aviation union criticises the selection criteria (aeroTELEGRAPH, 30 Oct 2026). The 300 jobs are part of the range above, not additional. Update (30 October 2026): airBaltic will base only two instead of three A220-300s in Vilnius this winter, where 81 people work; how many jobs will go in Lithuania is open, and the company says it will be fewer than initially planned (LRT, 30 October 2026). — Sources: https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ticker/air-baltic-plant-abbau-von-bis-zu-700-stellen/xep72x4 · https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/ekonomika/05.10.2026-airbaltic-darbibas-sasaurinasana-varetu-skart-500-700-darbinieku-gatavojas-kolektivajai-atlaisanai.a666243/ · https://avitrader.com/2026/09/14/airbaltic-files-for-chapter-11/ · https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ticker/air-baltic-will-rund-100-pilotinnen-und-piloten-und-200-flugbegleitende-entlassen/87qp93l · https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3098074/airbaltic-to-reduce-vilnius-based-fleet-to-two-aircraft-as-job-cuts-loom

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c3b826b2:en 2026-06-01T06:00:00Z

On 1 June 2026, Rīgas Satiksme extended tram routes 7 and 14 along a new 2.2 km section of track on Latgales Street to the new "Ķengarags" mobility hub at the Latgales/Višķu iela junction — Riga's first new tram track construction in about 40 years. Trolleybus route 15 and bus route 49 were extended to the same interchange, with new stops at "Rasas iela," "Ikšķiles iela," and "Ķengarags Mobility Hub." The EUR 28.4 million project (including a new dispatcher building) was funded through the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility's climate component. — Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%ABgas_Satiksme · https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/01.06.2026-tram-line-7-extended-in-riga.a649625/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:3e076c4e:en 2025-09-26T06:00:00Z

Joint venture (51% Rheinmetall, 49% Latvian State Defence Corporation) for an artillery ammunition plant in Latvia. Construction start spring 2026, production start around spring 2027 with tens of thousands of 155 mm shells per year. — Source: https://www.fw-mag.com/shownews/716/rheinmetall-strengthens-european-defence-base-with-euro-275-million-latvian-ammunition-facility

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:63b51ce3:en 2025-05-01T06:00:00Z

Since 1 May 2025, Rīgas Satiksme has operated the new tram line 14 between Iļģuciems and Ķengarags, served by low-floor trams (Škoda 15T type), giving a direct connection from Ķengarags to Pārdaugava without changing trams. The former line 2 was extended to Mīlgrāvis and renamed line 8; on weekends an additional shortened line 8a runs between Stacijas laukums and Tapešu iela. The reorganisation is part of a broader network reform to make better use of the low-floor fleet, linked among other things to track works on Slokas iela; no specific investment figure is stated in the sources. — Source: https://lvportals.lv/dienaskartiba/375168-no-1-maija-izmainas-tramvaju-marsrutu-tikla-jauns-14-marsruts-2-marsrutu-pagarinas-lidz-milgravim-un-pardeves-par-8-tramvaju-2025