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Apr 17, 2024 (newstodate): Established as a VIP passenger charter carrier, Lithuania's KlasJet is now seeing brisk results in the ACMI market.
The carrier's latest contract has been signed with the German carrier Marabu Airlines that will take in two Boeing 737-800 aircraft to serve through its summer '24 schedule from Munich Airport.
In February 2024, KlasJet has landed an ACMI customer in Asia, placing one Boeing 737-800 aircraft with US-Bangla, the largest airline in Bangladesh with a fleet now comprising 21 aircraft.
The contract runs for three months with the Boeing 737-800 based at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka to operate flights to destinations across the Middle East and Asia.
Also in February 2024, Air Serbia signed an ACMI contract with KLasJet for one Boeing more Boeing 737-800 aircraft to fill part of the capacity void left after the abrogation of the contract with the Greek carrier Marathon due to the E190 incident at Belgrade earlier this week.
Air Serbia was already an ACMI customer for KlasJet that landed its first wet-lease contract with the carrier in June 2023 comprising two Boeing 737-800 aircraft, in service during the winter schedule.
Member of the Avia Solutions Group and operating a fleet comprising five Boeing 737 Classic, one BBJ Boeing 737 as well as eight Boeing 737-800, KlasJet's customer portfolio currently also comprises contacts with the French carrier Air Austral, Congo Airways, the Egyptian LCC FlyEgypt, and US-Bangla Airlines.