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Air Lituanica

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Air Lituanica
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
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 [ edit ]

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 LTL 0.5 million. Air Vilnius Group was in turn owned by ?iaur?s 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 ( EUR 14 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 Estonian Air 's booking channels. [11] Also in early June 2013  ( 2013-06 ) , the airline signed a contract for the lease through 2015 of an 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 Malmo , 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 [ edit ]

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 Vaclav 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 Goteborg Goteborg Landvetter Airport 16 June 2014 22 May 2015 [40]
Sweden Malmo Malmo Airport 17 June 2014 22 May 2015 [28]
Sweden Stockholm Bromma Airport 26 January 2015 22 May 2015 [41]

Fleet [ edit ]

At February 2015  ( 2015-02 ) the Air Lituanica fleet consisted of a single Embraer 175 . [42]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  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. ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (10 December 2012). "Lithuanian start-up aims to be ready for EU presidency" . London: 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. ^ Bonnassies, Oliver (5 June 2013). "Air Lituanica to start flights with leased Embraer 170" . London: 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, Joel (30 June 2013). "Air Lituanica arrive a 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 [ edit ]

Media related to Air Lituanica at Wikimedia Commons

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