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== Association with bribery allegiatons of its parent company == |
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At the beginning of 2021, Delfi, one of the biggest Lithuanian news outlets, published an article investigating questionable investment promises by businessmen Povilas Padaiga and Dmitrijus Čeliadinas. The latter are the owners of an MRO business venture in Šiauliai Airport (SQQ) named AviaticMRO. For several years now, the businessmen have promised to make investments in the construction of an aircraft service hangar, but have not yet acted on their promises for this project.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Danauskienė|first=Vilma|title=Neaiškios reputacijos verslininkų pažadų užliūliuoti milijonų reikalauja jau iš antros Vyriausybės|url=https://www.delfi.lt/a/86352833|access-date=2021-02-11|website=DELFI|language=lt}}</ref> |
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In 2017, Šiauliai Mayor A. Visockas wrote letters to the Ministry of Economy and its subordinate Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LBSA) - that allocates EU funds - stating that the Termicom (now Aviatic MRO) project cannot be financed due to falsified application documents. In their application form, the company provided an address, needed for the activities requiring funding, for real estate at Šiauliai airport - a hangar that it had leased illegally together with the lease agreement which was already terminated. |
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Although the LBSA confirmed that it was aware of the illegally obtained premises, the LBSA and the Ministry of Economy still provided 1.5 million euros in support to Termicom to purchase aircraft diagnostic and repair equipment. |
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At the beginning of 2020, Šiauliai City Municipality signed a contract with UAB “Panevėžio keliai” for 9.5 million euros, although it did not have such funds in its budget to fulfil the contract, nor did it know where to source the capital from. |
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Coincidentally, late last year, at the end of the Government's term, when allocating funds to Šiauliai City Municipality, the Ministry of Economy and Investment was led by Rimantas Sinkevičius, the father of former minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius, who provided support to Termicom. |
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Šiauliai secured funding amounting to 4.72 million euros for its airport project. |
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2.2 million euros of the amount allocated by the Government of S. Skvernelis, was given to Šiauliai Municipality on the penultimate day of last year. |
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AviaticMRO is a subsidiary of a company registered in Estonia - Completec Group. According to the Estonian Companies Register, the Completec Group also owns GetJet Airlines and photovoltaic sensors and amplifiers, railway catenary materials and equipment supply company NRG-MC. Completec, which has been operating since 2011, acquired all three Lithuanian companies in 2016. In 2015–2016, Completec paid only taxes on employee salaries. In mid-2016, the employees also vanished. In Q1 of 2017, the company's turnover suddenly jumped to 992 thousand euros, and then just as abruptly dropped. |
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| Founded | March 2016 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | May 2016 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Vilnius Airport | ||||||
| Hubs | Vilnius | ||||||
| Fleet size | 17 | ||||||
| Destinations | Corfu, Tenerife (south airport), Antalya, Heraklion, Lyon (Saint Exupery airport), Burgas, Gasipasa | ||||||
| Headquarters | Vilnius, Lithuania | ||||||
| Key people | Darius Viltrakis (CEO) | ||||||
| Revenue | 120 mEur (2019, EST) | ||||||
| Website | getjet | ||||||
GetJet Airlines is an aircraft leasing (ACMI) and chartering company headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. Its aircraft fly on behalf of international airlines currently including LOT Polish Airlines, Finnair, TUIfly, Air Malta, Tunisair and others. The company also operates chartered flights for tour operators in the Baltic countries.
In 2019 the company served 1.5 million passengers.
History
The Civil Aviation Administration of the Republic of Lithuania (CAA) issued an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) to GetJet Airlines in March 2016. In May of the same year the company obtained an EU commercial license. Thereafter it began to provide aircraft lease services. The company's first flight took place on 25 May 2016.
On 7 February 2018, GetJet Airlines announced that it had successfully passed the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).
In late 2018 the company took over Small Planet Airlines's chartered flights from the Vilnius airport and began to provide services for tour operators in the Baltic countries.
In September 2019 the company signed an agreement with Sunwing Airlines, a company in Canada, and began to operate flights in that country.[2]
In October 2019 GetJet Airlines was the first Lithuanian air carrier to start operating transatlantic flights to North America with an airplane registered in the Baltic country. It operates long-haul flights between Warsaw and Toronto on behalf of LOT Polish Airlines using the only wide-body Airbus A330 aircraft in the Baltic region.[3]
Fleet
As of January 2020, the GetJet Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[4]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
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| C | Y | Total | |||||
| Airbus A319-100 | 3 | — | — | 150 | 150 | ||
| Airbus A320-200 | 6 | 1[5] | — | 180 | 180 | ||
| Airbus A330-300 | 1 | — | 30 | 277 | 307[6] | ||
| Boeing 737-300 | 3 | — | — | 148 | 148 | ||
| Boeing 737-400 | 4 | — | — | 168 | 168 | ||
| Total | 17 | 2 | |||||
Association with bribery allegiatons of its parent company
At the beginning of 2021, Delfi, one of the biggest Lithuanian news outlets, published an article investigating questionable investment promises by businessmen Povilas Padaiga and Dmitrijus Čeliadinas. The latter are the owners of an MRO business venture in Šiauliai Airport (SQQ) named AviaticMRO. For several years now, the businessmen have promised to make investments in the construction of an aircraft service hangar, but have not yet acted on their promises for this project.[7]
In 2017, Šiauliai Mayor A. Visockas wrote letters to the Ministry of Economy and its subordinate Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LBSA) - that allocates EU funds - stating that the Termicom (now Aviatic MRO) project cannot be financed due to falsified application documents. In their application form, the company provided an address, needed for the activities requiring funding, for real estate at Šiauliai airport - a hangar that it had leased illegally together with the lease agreement which was already terminated.
Although the LBSA confirmed that it was aware of the illegally obtained premises, the LBSA and the Ministry of Economy still provided 1.5 million euros in support to Termicom to purchase aircraft diagnostic and repair equipment.
At the beginning of 2020, Šiauliai City Municipality signed a contract with UAB “Panevėžio keliai” for 9.5 million euros, although it did not have such funds in its budget to fulfil the contract, nor did it know where to source the capital from.
Coincidentally, late last year, at the end of the Government's term, when allocating funds to Šiauliai City Municipality, the Ministry of Economy and Investment was led by Rimantas Sinkevičius, the father of former minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius, who provided support to Termicom.
Šiauliai secured funding amounting to 4.72 million euros for its airport project.
2.2 million euros of the amount allocated by the Government of S. Skvernelis, was given to Šiauliai Municipality on the penultimate day of last year.
AviaticMRO is a subsidiary of a company registered in Estonia - Completec Group. According to the Estonian Companies Register, the Completec Group also owns GetJet Airlines and photovoltaic sensors and amplifiers, railway catenary materials and equipment supply company NRG-MC. Completec, which has been operating since 2011, acquired all three Lithuanian companies in 2016. In 2015–2016, Completec paid only taxes on employee salaries. In mid-2016, the employees also vanished. In Q1 of 2017, the company's turnover suddenly jumped to 992 thousand euros, and then just as abruptly dropped.
References
- ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". Iata.org. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-routes/lithuanias-getjet-provides-acmi-service-canadas-sunwing
- ^ https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/lithuanias-getjet-eyes-more-widebodies-for-long-haul-push/134782.article
- ^ "Our fleet". Getjet.aero.
- ^ "Lithuania's GetJet Airlines to add first B737-800". ch-aviation.com. 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Lithuania's GetJet takes delivery of its first widebody". rusaviainsider.com. 8 February 2019.
- ^ Danauskienė, Vilma. "Neaiškios reputacijos verslininkų pažadų užliūliuoti milijonų reikalauja jau iš antros Vyriausybės". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2021-02-11.
External links
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