And yesterday, the "green farmers" called on the new Prime Minister – Andris Kulbergs – to respond. Naturally, the discussion is once again about the fate of our national airline. The reason for the inquiry was an alarming signal from the rating agency Fitch. ## Factories – for workers, explanations – for farmers The board and faction of the Union of Greens and Farmers (SZF) demand explanations from Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs regarding the situation in the national airline airBaltic, while simultaneously lifting the limited access status to the government orders prepared by the Ministry of Transport for the allocation of additional funds to the company. The SZF wants clear information from the Prime Minister about what is happening in airBaltic and the work done to stabilize the company's operations, especially in the context of the state short-term loan of 30 million euros issued in April. In addition, the SZF seeks the Prime Minister's assessment of the airline's ability to repay the loan, as well as whether the Ministry of Transport has fulfilled the Saeima's instruction from April 16 to ensure that the European Commission receives an opinion on the compliance of the state short-term loan with the principle of a private market participant. ## They might repay the debt. Or might not? As reported by [bb.lv](https://bb.lv/statja/ekonomika/2026/07/09/fitch-prisvoilo-airbaltic-negativnyi-status-i-predskazalo-risk-defolta-uze-v-etom-godu), the international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has assigned a "CCC -" status, "rating with a negative outlook," to airBaltic's long-term issuer default rating. A similar status has been assigned to airBaltic's priority secured bonds amounting to 380 million euros. On June 26 of this year, airBaltic failed to make the necessary balance payment to the bond reserve account, leading to a higher quarterly interest payment. Fitch Ratings emphasizes that there is a risk of payment defaults or restructuring of debt obligations if additional funding is not obtained from existing shareholders or an external investor. In this context, the SZF wants to hear the Prime Minister's vision regarding the state's further participation in airBaltic and the government's next steps. ## Do you have a plan? It should be noted that the Prime Minister recently acknowledged that it will not be possible to avoid the need for financial injections from the state into the airline. The only question is about the amount and the legal formalization of such investments. As previously reported, airBaltic has been promising for several weeks to present an updated business plan – then it will become clear what steps the airline expects from the government.