Air Lituanica

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Air Lituanica
Air Lituanica logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
LT[1] LTU LITUANICA
Founded May 2013 (2013-05)
Ceased operations 22 May 2015 (2015-05-22)
Hubs Vilnius Airport
Fleet size 4
Destinations 10
Parent company Start Vilnius (68.7%)[2]
Headquarters Vilnius, Lithuania
Key people <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Website airlituanica.com

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

History

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An 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 Lituanica, an aircraft commanded by Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas, two pioneer Lithuanian pilots that flew it on a transatlantic flight in 1933.[5] The carrier's sole owner, Air Vilnius Group, had an initial investment of LTL0.5 million. Air Vilnius Group was in turn owned by Šiaurės miestelis, which had been registered on 21 May 2012 (2012-05-21) as a subsidiary of the Vilnius City Municipality. Plans were to collect LTL43.5 million (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), Brussels was announced to be the carrier's first destination, with services starting on 30 June 2013 (2013-06-30); by this time, the air operator's certificate (AOC) had not been granted yet but the airline already had 27 employees.[10]

The sale of tickets was launched in early June 2013 (2013-06) using the Estonian Air booking channels.[11] Also in early June 2013 (2013-06), a contract for the lease of an Embraer E-170 until 2015 was signed with Estonian Air.[12][13] An 86-seater Embraer E-175 leased from ECC Leasing Company, an Embraer subsidiary, would enter the fleet in July 2013 (2013-07);[14] the aircraft was handed over by the manufacturer two months later than planned.[15] Air Lituanica received its AOC on 26 June 2013 (2013-06-26);[16] operations started four days later, on 30 June, serving the Vilnius–Brussels route with a leased Embraer E-170.[4][17][18] After its maiden flight, Air Lituanica became the first scheduled Lithuanian airline since FlyLAL and Star1 Airlines ceased operations in 2009 and 2010, respectively.[8] The carrier started flying its second route, Vilnius–Amsterdam–Vilnius, on 8 July; with these two routes, the airline contributes with 2% of the international capacity in the country; as of July 2013, the company ranked 9th in terms of available seats to and from Lithuania.[8] Berlin Tegel, Prague and Munich were added to the 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] the contractual relationship between Air Lituanica and Estonian Air was unilaterally terminated by the Estonian national carrier in late November 2013 (2013-11)[23][24][25] and led to the end of operations for the Embraer 170 which was operated for Air Lithuanica by Estonian Air on the routes to Amsterdam and Berlin.[26]

In April 2014 (2014-04), it was informed the start of flights to Gothenburg and Malmö, to be served on a seasonal basis between June and August 2014 (2014-08),[27] and the resumption of flights to Amsterdam.[28] The latter destination had been discontinued on 27 November 2013 (2013-11-27).[29]

Air Lituanica ceased operations on 22 May 2015 (2015-05-22).[30] The company subsequently 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 N/A N/A [4]
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 31 August 2014 22 May 2015 [28][39]
Sweden Göteborg Göteborg Landvetter Airport 16 June 2014 22 May 2015 [40]
Sweden Malmö Malmö Airport 17 June 2014 22 May 2015 [27]
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

References

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