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Dec 13, 2017 (newstodate): The charter and ACMI carrier Small Planet Airlines is planning to open to new bases in 2018.
The new bases will be in Chania on the Greek island of Crete and at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport serving major Scandinavian tour operators with flights to Albania, Croatia, Greece, and the Canary Islands.
The flights will commence in April 2018, and will be performed by two Airbus A320 aircraft.
The airline plans to operate flights twice a day and transport 170,000 passengers during the seven months of the summer 2018 season.
Small Planet Airlines chose the Greek island of Crete as its new base due to its geographical location that will enable the airline to expand its route-map and reach multiple Scandinavian airports from one base in the Mediterranean.
-For now, we have signed contracts for the upcoming summer season only. We seek to explore this new market and see what possible benefits it brings for us. If everything goes according to plan, we hope to continue the cooperation, says Valentinas Jankelaitis, Small Planet Airlines CCO.
-We are no longer merely a regional airline. Small Planet Airlines has grown into a European carrier that is trusted by major tour operators in the region.
In the summer 2017 schedule, Small Planet Airlines utilized 22 Airbus A320 Family aircraft from nine European bases, but plans are to grow the fleet to 28 aircraft in 2018.
The new bases will be in Chania on the Greek island of Crete and at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport serving major Scandinavian tour operators with flights to Albania, Croatia, Greece, and the Canary Islands.
The flights will commence in April 2018, and will be performed by two Airbus A320 aircraft.
The airline plans to operate flights twice a day and transport 170,000 passengers during the seven months of the summer 2018 season.
Small Planet Airlines chose the Greek island of Crete as its new base due to its geographical location that will enable the airline to expand its route-map and reach multiple Scandinavian airports from one base in the Mediterranean.
-For now, we have signed contracts for the upcoming summer season only. We seek to explore this new market and see what possible benefits it brings for us. If everything goes according to plan, we hope to continue the cooperation, says Valentinas Jankelaitis, Small Planet Airlines CCO.
-We are no longer merely a regional airline. Small Planet Airlines has grown into a European carrier that is trusted by major tour operators in the region.
In the summer 2017 schedule, Small Planet Airlines utilized 22 Airbus A320 Family aircraft from nine European bases, but plans are to grow the fleet to 28 aircraft in 2018.