FlyLAL
FlyLAL, formerly Lithuanian Airlines, was a Lithuanian airline based in Vilnius. It existed after setting the scheduled flight operations on 17 January 2009, only as a charter airline FlyLAL Charters. In summer 2010 it was replaced by the successor company smallplanet Airlines.
History
As the first airline in the Baltic states Lithuanian Airlines began in 1991 with an independent air operations. The eight Tu- 134A, five Yak- 42D, seven Yak- 40, An-24 four and three An-26 (cargo ) Fleet was taken over by former Aeroflot directorate. The company was based immediately to Western Europe and Scandinavia. A leased by the Irish GPA Group Boeing 737-200 led on 20 December 1991 the first flight to Copenhagen. In the construction of flight operations, Malév Hungarian acted as advisor and took pilot training for Boeing 737 in late 1992 Lithuanian became a full member of IATA. With purchase of additional Boeing 737 several Tu-134 could be sold, and also for the An-24 and Yak- 40 were found buyers, so that the fleet could be further unified. In 1994, the airline a new aircraft livery. With the commissioning of the Regionalprops types Saab 340 and Saab 2000 in 1996 and 1998, the phasing out of the remaining Tu- 134A. The Yak- 40 were transferred to the subsidiary Aviakompanija Lietuva. In 1999, Lithuanian Airlines again in a new color scheme for their aircraft.
2005 saw the privatization of previously state-owned company to an investor group. Since then, the company flew under the trademark " flyLAL " and offered Internet booking plus electronic ticket to. In March 2006, an acquisition of 33 % of the shares by the Swedish airline Flyme was announced, but has filed for bankruptcy in March 2007. The operation of the FlyLAL was not affected. FlyLAL announced in early 2008 that would be an associate member of the SkyTeam alliance and thus is a potential candidate for a permanent membership in this alliance. At the same time we founded the FlyLAL charters that should take care of all charter flights the airline with time being a Boeing 757-200.
In January 2009, the Lithuanian Aviation Authority flyLAL withdrew the permit to fly, since due to the financial difficulties of the company's security is no longer guaranteed. Therefore invoiced flyLAL 17 January 2009 the flight operations. The last scheduled flight was from Amsterdam and landed on 17 January 2009 at 00:05 in Vilnius. On January 23, the bankruptcy declaration has been filed with the court in Vilnius. In the books of flyLAL are 90 million litas liabilities ( about 26 million euros ) and selling air tickets worth 6 million litas ( 1.7 million euros ).
After tough negotiations, the subsidiary FlyLAL charters received a license to operate holiday flights are carried out, for example, in Turkey and Greece in the spring of 2009. The investors are subject to a positive outcome of the dispute with Air Baltic and the Riga airport interested because dumping fees to a possible resumption of regular operations, and therefore have not been deducted their capital.
Since 3 July 2009, the new Lithuanian scheduled flight Society Star1 Airlines took over some former flyLAL goals from Vilnius.
In August 2010 it was announced that FlyLAL charters will rename in Small Planet Airlines.
Destinations
International flight destinations from Vilnius Airport were last Amsterdam, Barcelona, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Madrid, Brussels, Paris, Dublin, London Stansted, London Gatwick, Stockholm, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Milan, Rome, Frankfurt am Main, Odessa, Tallinn, Riga, Moscow and St. Petersburg. International flight destinations from Klaipeda / Palanga Airport were London and Dublin, next was a national connection between Vilnius and Klaipeda / Palanga. ( Only in summer).
With Air Baltic, Finnair and LOT passed codeshare agreement.
Fleet
(November 2008)
- 3 Boeing 737-300
- 6 Boeing 737-500
- 2 Boeing 757-200
- 3 Saab 2000