SmartLynx Airlines
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| Founded | 1992 as LatCharter | |||
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| Commenced operations | 1993 | |||
| Operating bases | Riga International Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 6 | |||
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| Parent company | Icelandair Group | |||
| Headquarters | Mārupe municipality, Latvia | |||
| Key people | Ómar Benediktsson (MD) | |||
| Website | www.smartlynxweb.com | |||
SmartLynx Airlines is an airline based in Mārupe, Mārupe municipality, Riga Region, Latvia.,[1][2] operating ad hoc passenger charter flights across Europe and to Africa and Asia, as well as business and VIP charters, most of them out of Riga International Airport.[3] As of March 2007, the airline had 100 employees.[3]
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[edit] History
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The privately owned company was established in 1992 by four professional pilots and one flight engineer as LatCharter (the name derived from Latvia) and started operations in 1993 using a leased Tupolev Tu-134B. Another two aircraft of the same type (originally belonging to Latavio and Harco Air) were acquired over the next years. The Tupolev fleet was replaced with the larger Yakovlev Yak-42 in April 2001, and the first modern Airbus A320 (though second-hand from Ansett Australia) entered the fleet in December 2003. In July 2006, Loftleiðir, the aircraft lease arm of Icelandair Group, acquired a majority 55% shareholding in the LatCharter stock, with a commitment to buy the remaining shares in the future.[4] In 2007, commemorating the airline's 15th anniversary, it was renamed SmartLynx Airlines.
[edit] Fleet
As of November 2011, the SmartLynx Airlines fleet consists of 6 Airbus A320 aircraft with an average age of 19.6 years, seating either 173 or 180 passengers in an all-economy class cabin layout.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "About SmartLynx Airlines." About SmartLynx Airlines. Retrieved on 1 July 2010. "Address Mazrûdas Mârupes pagasts Rîgas rajons LV-2167."
- ^ "Contact Us." SmartLynx Airlines. Retrieved on 1 July 2010. "SmartLynx Airlines Mazrûdas Mârupes pagasts Rîgas rajons LV-2167."
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 105. 2007-04-03.
- ^ "Loftleidir Icelandic acquires a minority stake in LatCharter Airlines". Alacra. http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/Loftleidir_Icelandic_acquires_a_minority_stake_in_LatCharter_Airlines-456377. Retrieved 2009-11-26. "Loftleidir Icelandic of Iceland (LI), a unit of FL Group, planned to acquire the remaining ... stake, which it did not already own, in LatCharter Airlines (LC), a Riga-based provider of charter flights services. Concurrently, LI acquired a…"
- ^ SmartLynx fleet at planespotters.net
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