GetJet’s Lithuanian, Latvian AOCs to expand fleets

Air Serbia wet-leases two more A320s, four in summer 2024

AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines adds wet-leased A320 capacity

AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines (J2, Baku Heydar Aliev International) has signed a wet-lease agreement with Lithuania’s GetJet Airlines (GW, Vilnius) for three Airbus A320 aircraft, which it will deploy for the duration of this winter season’s operations.

ch-aviation analysis of Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows that the three GetJet A320-200s are already in or operating out of Baku Heydar Aliev International. Both LY-FAS (msn 4273) and LY-WIZ (msn 3430) were ferried there from Vilnius on October 31, and since then they have conducted flights between the Azeri capital and Antalya, Berlin Brandenburg International, Dubai International, Izmir Adnan Menderes, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen, Milan Malpensa, Prague Václav Havel, and Vienna.

The third twinjet, LY-GYM (msn 2584), was ferried to Baku on November 2 from Malta International, where it had been stored. GetJet’s Maltese affiliate, Airhub Airlines (RE, Malta International), which operates its own fleet of five aircraft under its local 9H registration, is an occasional ACMI customer of the Lithuanian ACMI/wet-lease specialist....

Sweden’s BRA applies for creditor protection

BRA - Braathens Regional Airlines (Stockholm Bromma) has applied for corporate restructuring in Sweden under a process it says is similar to the Chapter 11 procedure in the United States, for seven of the thirteen companies in the group. It is also “considering broadening its ownership.”

The company pledged in a statement on October 19 that air operations would continue as planned and that its passengers would not be affected. It claims to have been “heavily negatively affected” by exchange rates due to the weak Swedish krona as well as delays in deliveries due to global capacity shortages of aircraft and spare parts, resulting in large one-off costs.

“Right now a number of unfortunate factors have put us in a difficult situation,” said the carrier’s chairman and owner, Per G Braathen. “The decision to apply for reorganisation is necessary in order to take responsibility for jobs, the aviation infrastructure in Sweden, and the business in the long term.”

The airline currently operates a fleet of fourteen ATR72-600s, leased through AOC holder BRA...

Lithuania's GetJet Airlines secures leisure charter deal

GetJet Airlines (GW, Vilnius) has signed a leisure charter agreement with the Lithuanian division of Polish tour operator Itaka, and will launch winter-time flights on its behalf from Vilnius.

The agreement covers, among others, flights to Marsa Alam in Egypt and to Mombasa (via Hurghada) in Kenya. Both destinations have not been previously served from Vilnius.

"Direct flights to Kenya take as long as 11 hours, which is a serious challenge for flight planners, pilots, and flight attendants. Therefore, we chose our flight partner very responsibly. The decision to work with GetJet Airlines was determined by their long-term experience, indisputable professionalism, and reliability," Itaka Lithuania CEO Leonidas Močeņovs said.

The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows that Lithuanian ACMI/charter specialist operates five A320-200s, one A321-200, and five B737-800s. Sister carrier GetJet Airlines Latvia (GJ, Riga) operates one A320-200, while affiliate Airhub Airlines (RE, Malta International) flies another two A320s, one A330-200, two A330-300s, and one A330-900. Chief Executive Rūta Kulvinskaitė...