Air Lituanica

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Air Lituanica
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
LT[1] LTU LITUANICA
FoundedMay 2013 (2013-05)
Ceased operations22 May 2015 (2015-05-22)
Parent company
Start Vilnius (68.7%)[2]
HeadquartersVilnius, Lithuania
Key people
Websiteairlituanica.com

Air Lituanica was a Lithuanian airline headquartered in Vilnius and based at Vilnius Airport. It ceased operations in May 2015 (2015-05).

History

Embraer 170 in Air Lituanica markings. The carrier deployed an aircraft of the type on the first route served, Vilnius–Brussels.[4]

Air Lituanica was registered in late May 2012 (2012-05). It was named after

EUR14 million) from a number of investors for the establishment of the new airline.[6]

Air Lituanica was established in May 2013 (2013-05).[7] The activation of the company was partly accelerated by the fact that Lithuania would take position in the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) to 31 December 2013 (2013-12-31).[8][9] In May 2013 (2013-05) - when the airline's air operator's certificate had not yet been granted but it already had 27 employees – Air Lituanica announced Brussels as its first destination, with services to start on 30 June 2013 (2013-06-30).[10]

Air Lituanica launched ticket sales in early June 2013 (2013-06) using

Embraer E-170 from Estonian Air.[12][13] Air Lituanica received its air operator's certificate on 26 June 2013 (2013-06-26);[14] and started flight operations four days later, on 30 June 2013, serving the Vilnius–Brussels route with the leased Embraer E-170.[4][15][16] Air Lituanica thus became the first Lithuanian scheduled airline to operate since FlyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines and Star1 Airlines ceased operations in 2009 and 2010, respectively.[8]

An 86-seater

Embraer E-175 leased from ECC Leasing Company, an Embraer subsidiary, entered Air Lituanica's fleet in July 2013 (2013-07);[17] Embraer handed the aircraft over to Air Lituanica two months later than planned.[18] The carrier started flying its second route, Vilnius–Amsterdam–Vilnius, on 8 July; with its first two routes, the airline contributed 2 percent of the international airline capacity in Lithuania, and at July 2013, the company ranked 9th in terms of available seats to and from Lithuania.[8] It added Berlin Tegel Airport in Berlin, Prague, and Munich to its route network on 5 August, 20 September and 21 September 2013 (2013-09-21), respectively.[19][20][21]

Following allegations of missed payments from both parties,[22] Estonian Air unilaterally terminated its leasing agreement with Air Lituanica for the Embraer E-170 in November 2013 (2013-11)[23][24][25] which forced Air Lituanica to end service to Amsterdam and Berlin, the routes on which it used the E-170.[26] Service to Amsterdam ceased on 27 November 2013 (2013-11-27).[27]

In April 2014 (2014-04), Air Lituanica announced that it would begin flights to Gothenburg and Malmö, Sweden, to be served on a seasonal basis between June and August 2014 (2014-08),[28] and that it would resume flights to Amsterdam.[29]

Air Lituanica ceased flight operations on 22 May 2015 (2015-05-22).[30] It filed for bankruptcy on 8 June 2015.[31]

Destinations

Air Lituanica served the following destinations:[32]

Country City Airport Begin End Refs
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport 30 June 2013 22 May 2015 [4]
Czech Republic Prague
Prague Václav Havel Airport
 20 September 2013 22 May 2015 [20]
Denmark Billund Billund Airport 16 June 2014 22 May 2015 [33][34]
Estonia Tallinn
Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport
 12 March 2014 22 May 2015 [35]
France Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport 14 February 2014 22 May 2015 [36]
Germany Berlin Berlin Tegel Airport 5 August 2013 22 May 2015 [19]
Germany Hamburg Hamburg Airport 30 April 2015 22 May 2015 [37][38]
Germany Munich Munich Airport 21 September 2013 22 May 2015 [21]
Lithuania Vilnius Vilnius Airport Hub — — [4]
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 31 August 2014 22 May 2015 [29][39]
Sweden
Göteborg
 Göteborg Landvetter Airport 16 June 2014 22 May 2015 [40]
Sweden Malmö Malmö Airport 17 June 2014 22 May 2015 [28]
Sweden Stockholm
Bromma Airport
 26 January 2015 22 May 2015 [41]

Fleet

At February 2015 (2015-02) the Air Lituanica fleet consisted of a single

Embraer 175.[42]

See also

  • Transportation in Lithuania

References

  1. ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ^ Moores, Victoria (31 January 2014). "Air Lituanica receives fresh capital". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Gytis Gumuliauskas appointed the new head of Air Lituanica". Air Lituanica. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2014. 
  4. ^ a b c d Moores, Victoria (2 July 2013). "Lithuanian start-up Air Lituanica launches operations". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
  5. ^ Moores, Victoria (5 June 2013). "Start-up Air Lituanica secures two E-Jets for June launch". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Vilnius city municipality establishes an airline company". The Lithuania Tribune. 3 June 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Air Lituanica happy with Estonian Air co-operation". The Lithuania Tribune. 19 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.
  8. ^ a b c "Air Lituanica launches operations, becomes Lithuania's sole scheduled airline". Centre for Aviation. 12 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013.
  9. Flightglobal. Archived
    from the original on 3 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Air Lituanica has announced its first routes and ticket prices". The Lithuania Tribune. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014.
  11. ^ Pavilenene, Danuta (7 June 2013). "Air Lituanica launches ticket sales". Vilnius: The Baltic Course. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.
  12. Flightglobal. Archived
    from the original on 1 July 2013.
  13. ^ "Air Lituanica and Estonian Air signed a lease agreement for E170 aircraft" (Press release). Estonian Air. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  14. ^ "Air Lituanica obtains commercial activity license". The Lithuania Tribune. 8 August 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.
  15. ^ Ricci, Joël (30 June 2013). "Air Lituanica arrive à Bruxelles" [Air Lituanica arrived in Brussels] (in French). Air Journal. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013.
  16. ^ Blachly, Linda (18 June 2013). "Air Lituanica acquires two Embraer E-Jets". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013.
  17. ^ "Air Lituanica Selects Embraer E-Jets". PRNewswire. 18 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
  18. ^ "Vilnius airport welcomed the second Air Lituanica aircraft". The Lithuania Tribune. 6 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.
  19. ^ a b Moores, Victoria (5 August 2013). "Start-up Air Lituanica adds Berlin Tegel service". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013.
  20. ^ a b "Air Lituanica inaugurated its first flight from Prague". The Lithuania Tribune. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014.
  21. ^ a b "New route Vilnius - Munich" (Press release). Air Lituanica. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  22. ^ Moores, Victoria (3 December 2013). "Estonian Air, Air Lituanica split over debts dispute". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013.
  23. ^ "Air Lituanica claims that commercial co-operation with Estonian Air was terminated unilaterally". The Lithuania Tribune. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. 
  24. ^ "Estonian Air terminates its contractual relationship with Air Lituanica". The Lithuania Tribune. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. 
  25. ^ "Estonian Air Cancels Contract with Air Lituanica, Citing Payment Problems". EER News. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  26. ^ "Estonian Air, Air Lituanica divorce after fight over non-payments". 29 November 2013.
  27. ^ "Commercial cooperation between Air Lituanica and Estonian Air was terminated unilaterally" (Press release). Air Lituanica. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  28. ^ a b "Air Lituanica to launch flights to two cities of Sweden this summer" (Press release). Air Lituanica. 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014.
  29. ^ a b "Air Lituanica resumes flights to Amsterdam" (Press release). Air Lituanica. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014.
  30. ^ Dron, Alan (22 May 2015). "Air Lituanica halts services". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. 
  31. ^ "Air Lituanica files for bankruptcy".
  32. ^ "Air Lituanica flights". Air Lituanica. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  33. ^ "Airline Routes". Air Transport World. 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Air Lituanica will keep 2X-weekly Vilnius-Billund on its schedule of regular flights, going off seasonal-only service. 
  34. ^ "Autumn to bring more flights from Lithuania to Denmark" (Press release). Air Lituanica. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. 
  35. ^ "New destination - Tallinn". 12 March 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
  36. ^ "New flight to Paris" (Press release). Air Lituanica. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  37. ^ "Air Lituanica started flights from Vilnius to Hamburg" (Press release). Air Lituanica. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. 
  38. ^ Young, Kathryn M. (19 May 2015). "Airline Routes-19 May 2015". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Air Lituanica launched Vilnius-Hamburg, its third direct flight to Germany. 
  39. ^ "Airline Routes". Air Transport World. 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Air Lituanica begins daily Vilnius-Amsterdam Embraer E-175 service Aug. 31 and increases from 10X-weekly to 12X-Tallinn-Vilnius service.
  40. ^ "Air Lituanica adds three new routes to Scandinavia". The Baltic Course. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014.
  41. ^ "Airline Routes-Nov. 17, 2014". Air Transport World. 17 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 November 2014. Air Lituanica begins 10X-weekly Vilnius-Stockholm Bromma Jan. 26. 
  42. ^ "Fleet". Air Lituanica. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. 

External links

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