History
FlyLal Charters registered on 14 March 2007 as wholly owned subsidiary of FlyLal Group (now Avia Solutions Group). In October 2008, the company received its AOC and Operating License and began active operations. The airline was established to separate charter services from FlyLal.
In June 2009 FlyLal charters began to provide charter services to the broker in Italy Aeroservizi, the charter flights are operated by a Boeing 737-300 with Lithuanian crews. In 2010, FlyLal charters were authorized to perform regular flights from early July and has scheduled flights to Rhodes, Heraklion, Varna, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca.
During July 2010 FlyLal Charters announced that they were re-branding as Small Planet Airlines to compete with Europe's top 10 charter airlines. The airline said that it hopes the re-branding brings it more international presence, therefore placing it in the top 10 charter airlines in Europe. Small Planet Airlines has bases in Vilnius Airport, Warsaw Airport, Katowice Airport, Milan-Malpensa Airport and London Gatwick Airport.
In April 2011 Small Planet Airlines received its first of two A320 aircraft and it became the first airline to register an Airbus A320 aircraft in Poland. In December 2011, Avia Solutions Group sold its Estonian charter operations and at the start of the year 2012, Small Planet Airlines is operating in 4 markets: Lithuania, Poland, Italy and the United Kingdom.
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