Air Lituanica plans for expansion in 2015

Vilnius -  Just over 18 months on from its maiden voyage, Lithuanian based airline Air Lituanica has unfurled wide ranging expansion plans for 2015.
Carrying over 132,000 passengers in 2014, and over 182,000 passengers since it started operating in May 2013, the airline aims to carry over 200,000 passengers and expand the geography of its flights in 2015, its press team inform.

Lituanica sold more than 140,000 tickets to flights operated in 2014, and currently the average price for a one-way ticket is 84 euros (LTL 290.04), excluding airport fees. The largest number of passengers was transported to Tallinn - with 27,000 passengers on board the Estonia route. This was closely followed by Paris with 22,500 passengers en route for a bon voyage, and Berlin and Munich with 20,000 passengers each. Last year, Air Lituanica carried 11,500 transit passengers travelling to and from Tallinn via Vilnius Airport.

“The success of the route to Tallinn is a perfect example that our strategy to focus on business passengers is working. We continue working in the same direction. In January, we will launch flights from Vilnius to Stockholm Bromma airport - convenient morning and evening flights to the central airport of the Swedish capital city are firstly intended for frequent business passengers,” says Simonas Bartkus, chief commercial officer of Air Lituanica.
He adds that Air Lituanica’s route to Germany - ie. Berlin and Munich - gained its momentum in 2014, in particular promoting incoming tourism. More flights to German destinations will be offered, thus continuing growth in these directions in 2015.

In the midst of otherairlines operating flights to and from Vilnius Airport, Air Lituanica has a 11-12 percent market share. In 2014, the traffic at the Vilnius International Airport increased by 10 percent.