Airlines SymartLynx seeks to start North America operations

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In its 2017 Summary report, charter operator SmartLynx announced, that it plans to start operations from North America and Canada.

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The carrier stated, that it is working intensively on developing a business in North America and Canada. SmartLynx´ plan is to offer charter flights from Canada to the Caribbean Islands and Latin America.

Furthermore, the airline aims to become the first choice for medium-range charter flights in Europe. To realize its strategic plan, SmartLynx seeks to further expand its fleet.

In the report, SmartLynx presented its numbers for the foregone year. The carrier´s turnover increased by 21% to EUR 131.5 million, while carrying 2.5 million passengers.

Zygimantas Surintas, SmartLynx Airlines CEO, confirmed: “In 2017, we made 15,933 flights from 25 base airports in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, which represents 46,157 block hours [...] Over the last few years, the number of passengers travelling with SmartLynx has constantly increased – in 2017 it reached 2.5 million, which is 31.6 % more than in 2016 and 56.3% more than in 2015.”

SmartLynx is an ACMI and charter operator, based and headquartered in Latvia. The charter flights represent 42% of the company´s business activities. Moreover, the airline also wet leases aircraft to customers such as Easyjet. Wet leases represent 56% of the company´s activities.

SmartLynx Airlines operates with seven Airbus A320, and two Airbus A321 aircraft. Its subsidiary SmartLynx Airlines Estonia operates with six Airbus A320.

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