GetJet Airlines Latvia receives air operator’s certificate

GetJet Airlines Latvia has confirmed receipt of its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) on 30 November 2022 issued by the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia.

Rolands Ramins, Head of GetJet Airlines Latvia, emphasizes that the cooperation with Latvian authorities when acquiring the certificate had been splendit. Overall, the whole company management is grateful for the efforts the team and its stakeholders have put in since the airline’s founding in 2022.

Meanwhile, the Latvian AOC marks a new milestone for GetJet Airlines, the IOSA-approved ACMI and Charter carrier from Lithuania, in its expansion to Latvia.

“The establishment of a new airline company in Latvia is our strategic business step that opens new growth opportunities for our company. GetJet Airlines Latvia, along with its Lithuanian counterpart, will create strategic business synergies that will allow exploiting the charter service potential in the whole region,” said Darius Viltrakis, the CEO of GetJet Aviation Holdings.

Both companies in Latvia and Lithuania will construct business processes using the know-how and utilizing the GetJet Airlines fleet consisting of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 NG type aircraft for intra-group ACMI and charter requests. Moreover, Latvian AOC representatives have revealed plans to add more aircraft to the fleet next year as the demand in the commercial flight segment is growing.

Rolands Ramins, Head of GetJet Airlines Latvia, points out that as the sector recovery is well underway, now is the time to become part of the process and accelerate the growth. Mr. Ramins said: “As AOC holders, we are well placed to develop many new opportunities for business growth, using our experience, market expertise, and the strength of our team to ensure maximum results with our partners.”

First Boeing 737-800 Joins GetJet Airlines Fleet

First Boeing 737-800 Joins GetJet Airlines Fleet

GetJet Airlines, an IOSA-approved Lithuanian ACMI and charter carrier, expands its fleet by adding a Boeing 737-800, featuring a single economy class cabin of 189 seats. The aircraft, bearing the Lithuanian registration LY-UNO, is the only Boeing 737 of its type to be operated by any carrier within the Baltic countries.

Following the Introduction of LY-UNO, GetJet Airlines has secured a further four Boeing 737-800 units into its fleet, with two aircraft slated for delivery this summer (tail numbers LY-DUE, LY-TRE), preceding the induction of 2 more units by the 4th quarter of 2022, all of which will be available primarily for ACMI operations to clients globally. The aircraft (MSN 33801), manufactured in 2004, entered commercial service utilizing the Lithuanian carrier’s call sign on the 25th of June 2022, operating flights between Vilnius and Heraklion.

‘GetJet Airlines has historically incorporated Boeing aircraft as an integral part of our fleet strategy, having performed our first-ever commercial flight on a 737 Classic back in 2016. Today, we are proud to introduce the Boeing 737 NG an aircraft that will serve our valued ACMI clients worldwide. After taking delivery of our first of five 737-800 units, GetJet Airlines is poised to deliver the capabilities our clients need to capitalise on this surge in summer demand and beyond,’ comments Rūta Kulvinskaitė, GetJet Airlines CEO.

GetJet Airlines looking to GetStaff.....

The Vilnius, Lithuania based ACMI and charter carrier  GetJet Airlines is on the hunt for more staff as it seeks to expand its portfolio of clients.

Among the firm's clients are such airlines as Finnair, LOT, Tunisair, TAP and many others so much so that pre-pandemic, in 2018, GetJet Airlines generated revenue of  €52.41 million, a stable 12% profit margin.

The company’s current fleet consists of Boeing 737-300s and 400s, Airbus A320s and a wide-body A330 twinjet. 

GetJet has a number of vacancies at the moment at all levels of the airline,  including:

✈️ Public Relations Intern 
✈️ Crew Planning Intern 

The company is also looking for an  Auditor (CAMO), Vilnius, 

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Finnair to lease an A320 LY FOX from GetJet between June 2018 and January 2019

Finnair had advised they will lease an Airbus A320 aircraft and flight deck crew from the Lithuanian airline GetJet to support Finnair’s growing traffic from summer 2018 to early 2019.

The leased GetJet aircraft will operate some of Finnair’s flights from Helsinki to Budapest, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Krakow and Pafos between 8.6.2018 and 7.1.2019. The pilots will be from GetJet while the cabin crew and service concept will be from Finnair. The aircraft, registration LY-FOX, is slightly over 18 years old and has previously flown with Iberia, Eritrean Airlines, Balkan Holidays and VietJet before joining the GetJet fleet after a period of storage.  

“We have a record number of flights next summer to both Asia and Europe. The leased aircraft will for its part ensure that we are able to operate all the flights in our traffic plan,” says Juha Järvinen, Chief Commercial Officer at Finnair.

Customers are able to see the operating carrier when they are making their bookings on Finnair.com. Customers who already have a reservation on one of the flights that will be operated with the leased aircraft will be informed of the change in an operating carrier through a text message or email.  Customers can change their travel date due to this change in operating carrier if they so wish.

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