The Baltic Bees Jet Team are a civilian jet aerobatic team based at Jūrmala Airport in Latvia. They are the first and only civilian jet team in the Baltics. The Baltic Bees have performed at airshows across Europe, as well as in China and Senegal, making them one of the most-travelled civilian jet aerobatic teams in history. They also offer passenger experience flights and have leased their jets to other organisations, including the Estonian Air Force.
The Baltic Bees have been considerably less active since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019; the team was in China at the time.
Active: 2008-present
Country: 
Latvia
Home base: Jūrmala
Operator: Wings4Sky Group (Private)
Size: 9 aircraft (typically 4 in display)
AIRCRAFT FLOWN
L-39C Albatross (2008-present)
History
The Baltic Bees were formed in 2008 by team leader Artyom Soloduha, who was the youngest jet team leader in the world at the time. Initially starting as a three-ship team, the Baltic Bees quickly added a fourth, fifth and sixth aircraft and dramatically increased the complexity of their performance. By around 2015, they were a fully-fledged six-ship jet team with a complex, military-style display routine. In July 2019, the team performed a one-off seven-ship display at Wings Over Baltics; it was hoped that the Baltic Bees will become a full-time seven-ship team in the future. In 2017 and 2019, the Baltic Bees performed near Chengdu in China, leaving their aircraft in China after their second visit to Chengdu in the expectation of flying further airshows in the region. They took the unusual step of flying to China, rather than dismantling and shipping their aircraft.
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the team’s aircraft became stranded in Chengdu and the team became largely inactive.
In 2024, the team resumed flying at airshows for the first time in almost five years. They now fly as a four-ship team. Flying just a few shows in 2024 in central and northeastern Europe, they added to their schedule in 2025, performing at events across Europe and the Middle East that year.
