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| Founded | 2016 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1 July 2021 | ||||||
| Hubs | Vilnius Airport, Tallinn Airport | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Valletta Airlines | ||||||
| Fleet size | 14 | ||||||
| Destinations | Charter | ||||||
| Parent company | Heston Aviation | ||||||
| Headquarters | Vilnius, Lithuania | ||||||
| Key people | Jonas Rinkauskas (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | heston | ||||||
Heston Airlines is a Lithuanian charter airline. It launched in 2021 and is based and headquartered in Vilnius. [1]
Heston Airlines does not maintain a scheduled route network but offers passenger and cargo charter flights on behalf of other airlines as well as ACMI operations. [2]
Shortly after starting operations, Heston Airlines took over its first three Airbus A330 long-haul aircraft. [3]
As of June 2023, the Heston Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft: [4] [5]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | |||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 144 | 3 leased to Azerbaijan Airlines 1 leased to airBaltic | |
| Total | 12 | 3 | ||||
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