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Oct 14, 2013 (newstodate): The Lithuanian charter carrier Small Planet Airlines expects to pass the 1 mio passengers mark in 2013 as the first Lithuanian carrier to do so.
In 2012, Small Planet Airlines transported 0.7 mio passengers, but according to company estimates, the number of the passengers carried from the bases operated in Lithuania, Poland, the United Kingdom and France will exceed 1 million thus reaching a 43 percent annual growth in the total number of passengers carried in 2013.
Contributing to this year's steep growth in passenger volumes are new destinations served in France, in the Polish market the growth is 150 percent, and in Lithuania 20 percent, y-o-y.
With deliveries in March, April and May 2014, respectively, Small Planet Airlines will take in three Airbus A320 on a leasing contract with CIT Aerospace, with one Airbus A320 to be based in Lithuania, one in Poland, while the third aircraft will serve as backup capacity.
In three years the company has reduced the number of Boeing 737-300 aircraft from four to one, while the Airbus A320 fleet has grown from two to nine.
During this summer season the carrier has been operating a fleet of nine aircraft - three in Poland and two in Lithuania, France and Great Britain, respectively.
This fleet will be reduced to seven aircraft during the winter season after delivering two Boeing 737-300 aircraft back to their Ukrainian owner.
In 2012, Small Planet Airlines transported 0.7 mio passengers, but according to company estimates, the number of the passengers carried from the bases operated in Lithuania, Poland, the United Kingdom and France will exceed 1 million thus reaching a 43 percent annual growth in the total number of passengers carried in 2013.
Contributing to this year's steep growth in passenger volumes are new destinations served in France, in the Polish market the growth is 150 percent, and in Lithuania 20 percent, y-o-y.
With deliveries in March, April and May 2014, respectively, Small Planet Airlines will take in three Airbus A320 on a leasing contract with CIT Aerospace, with one Airbus A320 to be based in Lithuania, one in Poland, while the third aircraft will serve as backup capacity.
In three years the company has reduced the number of Boeing 737-300 aircraft from four to one, while the Airbus A320 fleet has grown from two to nine.
During this summer season the carrier has been operating a fleet of nine aircraft - three in Poland and two in Lithuania, France and Great Britain, respectively.
This fleet will be reduced to seven aircraft during the winter season after delivering two Boeing 737-300 aircraft back to their Ukrainian owner.