Lithuanian Small Planet Airlines Airbus 320-232 (LY-SPD) at Inverness airport 9952.


FlyLAL Charters was registered on 14 March 2007. In October 2008, the company received its operational licenses to begin passenger flight operations. In 2009, a subsidiary, flyLAL Charter Eesti, was registered with an aim to provide chartered operations to and from Estonia. In December 2009, another company, flyLAL Charters PL, was registered to implement flights from various airports in Poland. In 2010, FlyLAL Charters was authorized to perform scheduled flights to Greece, Spain, Italy and various other countries. In July of the same year, flyLAL Charters was rebranded to its current name, Small Planet Airlines. In 2009 and 2010, FlyLAL Charters carried passengers each, in 2012 the renamed Small Planet Airlines increased the number to nearly million passengers. In April 2013, Small Planet Airlines announced a buyout of the 99,5% of „Small Planet Airlines UAB“ (Lithuania) and „Small Planet Airlines Sp. z o. o.“ (Poland) shares from Avia Solutions Group. After the transaction, Small Planet Airlines is owned by Vytautas Kaikaris and Andrius Staniulis, the management of the company. In 2014, holding company Small Planet Group has been established to take ownership of the Small Planet Airlines of Lithuania and Poland. Small Planet Group UAB owns 100% shares of the leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines UAB and 90% shares of Small Planet Airlines Sp. z o. o. Small Planet Airlines took delivery of 3 Airbus 320. In summer 2015, airlines' fleet consisted from 7 aircrafts (excluding aircrafts operated by Small Planet Airlines Poland). In December 2014, Small Planet Airlines founded a company in Thailand, with intention to secure local Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) and operate international flights from Thailand to China and South Korea. In 2015, Small Planet Airlines entered Germany with the incorporation of Small Planet Airlines GmbH with the company’s office base in Berlin.


Size: 6064px × 4035px
Location: Dalcross Airport, Inverness. Highland Region. Scotland. UK.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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