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Air Lituanica
Air Lituanica was a Lithuanian airline headquartered in Vilnius and based at Vilnius Airport. It ceased operations in .
History.
Air Lituanica was registered in late . It was named after "Lituanica", an aircraft commanded by Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas, two pioneer Lithuanian pilots that flew it on a transatlantic flight in 1933. The carrier sole owner, "Air Vilnius Group", had an initial investment of LTL0.5 million. "Air Vilnius Group" was in turn owned by "Šiaurės miestelis"
Brussels as its first destination, with services to start on .
Air Lituanica launched ticket sales in early using Estonian Air′s booking channels. Also in early , the airline signed a contract for the lease through 2015 of an Embraer E-170 from Estonian Air. Air Lituanica received its air operator's certificate on ; and started flight operations four days later, on 30 June 2013, serving the Vilnius–Brussels route with the leased Embraer E-170. Air Lituanica thus became the first Lithuanian scheduled airline to operate since FlyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines and