Politicians still cannot get out of their orbit / Diena

At the beginning, I would like to hear your thoughts as the head of a business organization about the national airline airBaltic bond issue. Namely, both remembering the haste in which the government and the Saeima adopted amendments to the regulations so that the state could also buy these bonds, as well as the high interest rate of the bonds – 14.5%. Experts’ opinions about all this are divided – there are those who evaluate the results positively, while others are harsh. What does this whole process show about political and also business culture?

I will start from a slightly different angle. In my opinion, in general, airBaltic as a brand, as an airline with a base in Riga, largely as a concept in general, is actually one of the few success stories. If we are also lagging behind our neighbors Lithuania and Estonia in a lot of things, with our airline (however everything happens) we are currently ahead of them. Nowadays, taking into account the fast everyday life and the need for quick movement, aviation is one of the