SmartLynx Airlines

SmartLynx Airlines
IATA code :	6Y
ICAO code :	ART
Call sign :	SMART LYNX
Founding:	1992
Seat:	Riga , Latvia
Home airport :	Riga airport
Fleet size:	24 (with subsidiaries)
Aims:	international
Website:	www.smartlynx.aero

SmartLynx Airlines is a Latvian charter airline based in Riga and based at Riga Airport . It is a subsidiary of the Latvian Smart Aviation Holdings .

history

SmartLynx Airlines was founded in 1992 in Riga and began operations in 1993 with a leased Tupolev Tu-134 . In 2006 began a cooperation with Icelandair , which took over a share of 55 percent in SmartLynx Airlines. In September 2019, Procyone took over a subsidiary of Avia Solutions Group SmartLynx.

Services

SmartLynx Airlines primarily offers its aircraft in ad hoc charter and wet lease for other airlines . In the 2013 summer season, for example, she flew for Condor and Travel Service .

Since the acquisition of parts of the Air Berlin least EasyJet additional capacity of SmartLynx. The rented Airbus A320s are primarily used in wet lease from Berlin-Tegel Airport .

Subsidiaries

• SmartLynx Airlines Estonia was founded in Estonia in 2012 .
• SmartLynx Airlines Malta was founded in Malta in 2018 .

Former subsidiaries

• SmartLynx Italia was founded in Italy in 2009 and ceased operations in 2011.
• SmartLynx Airlines Cabo Verde was founded in Cape Verde in 2016 . It never started operations and was closed in 2017.

fleet

Airbus A321-200 of SmartLynx Airlines formerly of Thomas Cook Airlines UK operate

As of May 2020, the fleet of SmartLynx Airlines and its subsidiaries consists of 24 aircraft with an average age of 17.9 years:

SmartLynx Airlines Latvia

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Airbus A320-200	6th			180
Airbus A321-200	7th		one inactive, two leased to Air Transat	220
total	13

SmartLynx Airlines Estonia

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Airbus A320-200	9		one inactive	180
total	9

SmartLynx Airlines Malta

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Airbus A320-200	2			180
total	2

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : SmartLynx Airlines  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• SmartLynx Airlines website (including Latvian, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ René Steuer: Latvia gives the green light for SmartLynx takeover. In: austrianaviation.net. September 4, 2019, accessed June 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ smartlynx.aero - About , accessed May 30, 2017.
3. ↑ SmartLynx continues cooperation with easyJet by wet-leasing 6 aircraft for the beginning 2018 (in English), accessed on February 8, 2018.
4. ^ SmartLynx Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. May 22, 2020, accessed on May 22, 2020 .