Latvia brings home two flights of citizens from Middle East


RIGA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Two flights operated by Latvia's national carrier airBaltic departed from Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai on Friday afternoon, carrying several hundred Latvian nationals, according to data from flight-tracking website Flightradar24.

According to airBaltic, which is carrying out the repatriation in cooperation with the Latvian government, each flight has 145 seats and both flights were fully booked. A third flight from Dubai is scheduled to depart on Saturday.

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