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Nov 28, 2013 (newstodate): Air Lituanica is struggling to keep its planned schedule for today's flights going despite the lack of one aircraft.
-As the situation is now, we will perform the planned flights from Vilnius to Berlin, Munich, Prague and Brussels with our single Embraer E-175 aircraft, and there will be no cancellations, says Sandra Meskauskaite, Air Lituanica Communication Manager.
-If needs arise, we will of course seek the lease of another aircraft from a Lithuanian carrier, but nothing has been decided as of now, says Ms Meskauskaite.
Air Lituanica received its AOC on June 26, 2013, allowing it to operate own aircraft, and on August 5, 2013, Lithuania's Civil Aviation Administration issued the Commercial Activity License for Air Lituanica.
Yesterday Estonian Air terminated its commercial contracts with Air Lituanica, also withdrawing the E-170 aircraft provided on a wet-lease contract due to expire in 2015 because of unpaid contractual obligations.
If, or when, Air Lituanica might decide on leasing in capacity to fill the gap, Small Planet Airlines might be an option although that would entail aircraft with larger capacity than the Embraer aircraft now withdrawn by Estonian Air.
Surprisingly, neither the carrier's own website, nor its facebook page reflects any of the problems encountered with Estonian Air's withdrawal from the cooperation.
-As the situation is now, we will perform the planned flights from Vilnius to Berlin, Munich, Prague and Brussels with our single Embraer E-175 aircraft, and there will be no cancellations, says Sandra Meskauskaite, Air Lituanica Communication Manager.
-If needs arise, we will of course seek the lease of another aircraft from a Lithuanian carrier, but nothing has been decided as of now, says Ms Meskauskaite.
Air Lituanica received its AOC on June 26, 2013, allowing it to operate own aircraft, and on August 5, 2013, Lithuania's Civil Aviation Administration issued the Commercial Activity License for Air Lituanica.
Yesterday Estonian Air terminated its commercial contracts with Air Lituanica, also withdrawing the E-170 aircraft provided on a wet-lease contract due to expire in 2015 because of unpaid contractual obligations.
If, or when, Air Lituanica might decide on leasing in capacity to fill the gap, Small Planet Airlines might be an option although that would entail aircraft with larger capacity than the Embraer aircraft now withdrawn by Estonian Air.
Surprisingly, neither the carrier's own website, nor its facebook page reflects any of the problems encountered with Estonian Air's withdrawal from the cooperation.