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Founded | March 2016; 9 years ago (2016-03) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | May 2016; 8 years ago (2016-05) | ||||||
Operating bases | Vilnius Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 15[2] | ||||||
Parent company | GetJet Aviation Holdings | ||||||
Headquarters | Vilnius, Lithuania | ||||||
Key people | Aleksandr Celiadin (Executive Chairman) Rūta Kulvinskaitė (CEO) Darius Viltrakis (CEO of GetJet Aviation Holdings) | ||||||
Revenue | €176 mil. (2023)[2] | ||||||
Employees | 910 | ||||||
Website | getjet |
GetJet Airlines is a Lithuanian charter airline company founded in 2016.
GetJet Airlines has operatedACMI wet leases for airlines includingWizz Air,Finnair,Transavia,Icelandair,TUI Airways,Vueling, and others.[3]
GetJet Airlines was founded byAleksandr (Alex) Celiadin. The company was issued an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from Lithuania in March 2016.[citation needed] In May of the same year, the company obtained an EU commercial license.[citation needed] The company's first flight took place on 25 May 2016.[4]
In late 2018, the company took over Small Planet Airlines's chartered flights from the Vilnius Airport.[5][6]
In September 2019, the company signed an agreement to operateSunwing Airlines flights in Canadian territory.[7] In October 2019, GetJet Airlines began operating transatlantic flights to North America betweenWarsaw andToronto on behalf ofLOT Polish Airlines using anAirbus A330 aircraft.[8]
In 2020, during theCOVID-19 pandemic, GetJet modified aircraft to transport cargo, including the first COVID-19 vaccines to Lithuania.[9] In 2020, GetJet was named the leader of Lithuania’s transport and logistics sector at the Verslo žinios awards.[10]
In 2022, GetJet Airlines operated its first commercial flight to Australia.[11][non-primary source needed] It reported EBITDA of 28 million EUR in 2023.[2]
In 2024, GetJet Airlines Latvia received the Part 129 Operation Specification approval from theFederal Aviation Administration (FAA), a prerequisite for the carrier to operate passenger flights to and from the USA.[citation needed]
In 2024, GetJet Airlines added three Airbus A320 and two Boeing 737-800 aircraft to its fleet.[12][non-primary source needed]
As of May 2024, the GetJet Airlines fleet consists of 15 aircraft:[2][13][14][3]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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C | Y | Total | ||||
Airbus A320-200 | 9 | — | — | 180 | 180 | |
Airbus A321-200 | 1 | — | — | 220 | 220 | |
Boeing 737-800 | 5 | — | — | 189 | 189 | |
Total | 15 | — |
The following lists the aircraft formerly operated by GetJet Airlines:[14]
Aircraft | In service | Passengers | Notes | ||
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C | Y | Total | |||
Airbus A319-100 | 5 | — | 150 | 150 | |
Airbus A320-200 | 6 | — | 180 | 180 | |
Airbus A330-300 | 1 | Cargo | Operated in a "Preighter" configuration during theCovid-19 pandemic | ||
Boeing 737-300 | 4 | — | 148 | 148 | |
Boeing 737-400 | 5 | — | 168 | 168 | |
Boeing 737-800 | 1 | — | 186 | 186 | |
Total | 22 |
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