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Jump Air (JUP, Vilnius) has received its Type A Operating Licence (OL) from Lithuania's civil aviation regulator (Transporto Kompetencijų Agentūra - TKA), officially allowing it to start commercial operations, the ACMI/charter specialist announced in a statement on January 24.

The Lithuanian start-up had already secured its Air Operator’s Certificate on December 31, with the OL the final permit needed to begin commercial operations. Jump Air was incorporated in January 2020 with the aim of targeting the ACMI niche using a fleet of Avions de Transport Régional turboprops.

It is “now fully staffed, crewed, and licenced for commercial air operations,” the statement said. Its current fleet so far consists of a single ATR72-500 which, the ch-aviation fleets history module shows, is LY-JUP (msn 747), aged 14.79 years, and currently stored at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden. AirNav RadarBox ADS-B data shows it has been at this location since flying there from Mönchengladbach on January 17.

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Lithuania's Jump Air secures its AOC

Lithuania's Jump Air takes first aircraft, an ATR72-500

Jump Air (JUP, Vilnius) took delivery of its first aircraft, an ATR72-500, on December 16, 2021, nearly a year later than originally planned.

9H-AHM (msn 747), a 14.7-year-old turboprop formerly operated by Cabo Verde Airlines, FlyValan, and Buzz Aero, is owned by Elix Aviation Capital, and remains parked at Mönchengladbach airport. It will become LY-JUP in Lithuania.

The ACMI/charter start-up plans to complete its certification drive by the end of the year and launch commercial operations in January 2022.

Jump Air launched in 2020 in partnership with two Italian MRO firms, AliPlan and EU Wings. In an investor presentation from January 2021, the Lithuanian carrier said it would take its first ATR72-500 in the first quarter of 2021. It also outlined plans to add an ATR72-500(F). By 2023, the airline expected to operate a total of four ATR72-500s, including passenger and freighter aircraft.