AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoPayment Resilience: Mastercard says its European cards and terminals will support offline payments from 2027. Latvia already has the feature, which kept card payments going in some shops during a recent storm. Flight Changes: Ryanair will remove its Vienna–Riga route from the winter timetable at the end of October, citing Austrian aviation taxes and charges; no return date has been announced. AirBaltic: The carrier says planned workforce changes could affect 500–700 positions across its Baltic bases as it reshapes its business plan and network. Regional Travel: Tallinn Airport handled nearly 356,000 passengers in September, a record for the month and 13% more than a year earlier, but expects traffic to fall over winter. Estonia has also stepped up checks on people and vehicles arriving from Latvia after detaining 41 people who crossed illegally.
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