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| Founded | March 2016 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | May 2016 | ||||||
| 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 | €28 mil. (2023)[2] | ||||||
| Employees | 910 | ||||||
| Website | getjet | ||||||
GetJet Airlines is a Lithuanian charter airline company founded in 2016.
GetJet Airlines has operated ACMI wet leases for airlines including Wizz Air, Finnair, Transavia, Iceland Air, TUI Airways, Vueling, and others.[3]
GetJet Airlines was founded by Aleksandr (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 operate Sunwing Airlines flights in Canadian territory.[7] In October 2019, GetJet Airlines began operating transatlantic flights to North America between Warsaw and Toronto on behalf of LOT Polish Airlines using an Airbus A330 aircraft.[8]
In 2020, during the COVID-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 the Federal 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 | 0 | — | 180 | 180 | ||
| Airbus A321-200 | 1 | 0 | — | 220 | 220 | ||
| Boeing 737-800 | 5 | 0 | — | 189 | 189 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | |||||
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 the Covid-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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