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Jan 29, 2013 (newstodate): The Latvian charter and ACMI provider SmartLynx has added one more aircraft to its subsidiary in Estonia.
To increase services to Estonian tour operators, SmartLynx Estonia was established in summer 2012 with an own Estonian AOC and two Airbus A320 aircraft on a wet-lease contract with the Lithuanian mother company.
SmartLynx Estonia has now added a third Airbus A320, formerly operated by OLT Express, to its fleet as its first self-owned aircraft on Estonian registration.
At the same time, another ex-OLT Express Airbus A320 has been added to Smartlynx' fleet in Latvia.
Based at Riga Airport, SmartLynx Airlines was acquired by the Icelandair Group in 2006, but was put up for sale in 2011 as the Icelandair Group formulated the strategy of returning to core business, and is now purely Latvian-owned after a management buy-out and managed by Omar Benediktsson as CEO.
To increase services to Estonian tour operators, SmartLynx Estonia was established in summer 2012 with an own Estonian AOC and two Airbus A320 aircraft on a wet-lease contract with the Lithuanian mother company.
SmartLynx Estonia has now added a third Airbus A320, formerly operated by OLT Express, to its fleet as its first self-owned aircraft on Estonian registration.
At the same time, another ex-OLT Express Airbus A320 has been added to Smartlynx' fleet in Latvia.
Based at Riga Airport, SmartLynx Airlines was acquired by the Icelandair Group in 2006, but was put up for sale in 2011 as the Icelandair Group formulated the strategy of returning to core business, and is now purely Latvian-owned after a management buy-out and managed by Omar Benediktsson as CEO.