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Jun 19, 2023 (newstodate): The Lithuanian charter and ACMI airline Heston Airlines has now at long last obtained its coveted IOSA certification - earlier expected already before the end of last year.
   The certification by IATA will make the carrier fully capable of bidding on any wet-lease and ACMI tender requiring IOSA that is also a prerequisite for serving airline customers with code-share partners.
   IOSA, established in 2003 by IATA, uses internationally recognized quality audit principles and is designed to conduct recurrent bi-annual audits in a standardized and consistent manner.
   Set up in 2020 and landing its AOC on May 21, 2021, Heston Airlines based at Vilnius Airport and with Jonas Rinkauskas as its CEO, now operates a fleet comprising nine Airbus A320 Family and three Airbus A330 aircraft.