GetJet Airlines

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GetJet Airlines
GetJet Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Call sign
GW [1] GJTGETJET
FoundedMarch 2016;8 years ago (2016-03)
Commenced operationsMay 2016;8 years ago (2016-05)
Operating bases Vilnius Airport
Fleet size15 [2]
Parent company GetJet Aviation Holdings
HeadquartersVilnius, Lithuania
Key peopleAleksandr Celiadin (Executive Chairman)

Rūta Kulvinskaitė (CEO)

Darius Viltrakis (CEO of GetJet Aviation Holdings)
Revenue €28 mil. (2023) [2]
Employees910
Website getjet.aero

GetJet Airlines is a Lithuanian charter airline company founded in 2016.

Contents

GetJet Airlines has operated ACMI wet leases for airlines including Wizz Air, Finnair, Transavia, Icelandair, TUI Airways, Vueling, and others. [3]

History

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 ]

Fleet

GetJet Airbus A320-200 GetJet Airlines, LY-ELK, Airbus A320-232.jpg
GetJet Airbus A320-200

As of May 2024, the GetJet Airlines fleet consists of 15 aircraft: [2] [13] [14] [3]

GetJet Airlines fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
CYTotal
Airbus A320-200 90—180180
Airbus A321-200 10—220220
Boeing 737-800 50—189189
Total150

Former fleet

The following lists the aircraft formerly operated by GetJet Airlines: [14]

GetJet Airlines historic fleet
AircraftIn servicePassengersNotes
CYTotal
Airbus A319-100 5—150150
Airbus A320-200 6—180180
Airbus A330-300 1CargoOperated in a "Preighter" configuration

during the Covid-19 pandemic

Boeing 737-300 4—148148
Boeing 737-400 5—168168
Boeing 737-800 1—186186
Total22


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  2. 1 2 3 4 "GetJet Airlines reports financial performance in 2023, with a 70% increase in revenue and 400% growth in profit". AVIATOR. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  3. 1 2 "Getjet Airlines • For business". Getjet Airlines. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  4. ↑ "Getjet Airlines • About us". Getjet Airlines. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  5. ↑ "Looking into the UBO of GetJet, Airhub: Alexander Celiadin - AeroTime". 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  6. ↑ ES (2019-02-08). "Lithuania's GetJet Airlines takes delivery of its first wide-body". Russian Aviation Insider. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  7. ↑ "Lithuania's GetJet provides ACMI service for Canada's Sunwing | Aviation Week Network".
  8. ↑ "Lithuania's GetJet eyes more widebodies for long-haul push".
  9. ↑ Bungardaitė, Indrė. "Pasikeitusi Lietuvos aviacijos milžino A330 kasdienybė: kėdėse "sėdi" kroviniai, įgula oro uoste negali išlipti iš lėktuvo". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  10. ↑ Miknevičius, Lukas. "Išrinktas transporto ir logistikos sektoriaus lyderis". vz.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  11. ↑ "GetJet Airlines: the first airline in Lithuania that operated a commercial flight to Australia". AVIATOR. 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  12. ↑ "GetJet Airlines completes summer fleet with Airbus A320 aircraft". AVIATOR. 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
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  14. 1 2 "GetJet Airlines Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

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