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and prevent the cancellation of FlyLal's operating licence. When the advance was not received, the deal was terminated and FlyLal announced termination of its activities effective 17 January 2009. Another proposal for a government bailout was rejected on 23 January 2009. The bankruptcy of FlyLAL significantly reduced the number of direct flights from Vilnius, from 28 to 14 destinations, and the number of passengers at Vilnius Airport decreased by 43 percent.
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Shortly afterwards FlyLal announced that it would sell 100% of shares to SCH Swiss Capital Holdings, a previously unknown company registered in December 2008. The company was sold for US$ 1 million effective 23 January 2009. The new owners agreed to advance 1 million euros to cover some of the debts
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airliners and had plans for further expansion. During 2007, the number of passengers grew by 14% to 526,000. In 2008, charter flight services were transferred to sister company
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airliners). During the period from 1991 to 1993, the airline re-oriented its route network from the countries of the former Soviet Union to
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After a decade of loss-making operations, abortive plans to launch a trans-Atlantic service, and the widely criticized sale of
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The airline was established as government-owned Lietuvos Avialinijos (Lithuanian Airlines) on 20 September 1991, shortly after
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for a symbolic sum of 1 litas in exchange for a state guarantee of its debt. The government declined the offer.
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Lithuania's main airline wants its luck to change, so that it can realise its bold ambitions
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In December 1991 Lithuanian Airlines sub-leased its first
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During 2008, FlyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines suffered from a
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A Boeing 737-500 from Lithuanian Airlines approaching
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Index

Lithuanian Airlines

IATA
ICAO
Callsign
Vilnius International Airport
Focus cities
Palanga International Airport
Frequent-flyer program
Vilnius
national airline
Lithuania
Vilnius
Vilnius International Airport

Frankfurt Airport
Lithuania's independence
Soviet Union
Aeroflot
Vilnius
Yakovlev Yak-42
Tupolev Tu-134
Antonov An-24
Antonov An-26
Western Europe
Lufthansa
Scandinavian Airlines
Boeing 737-200
Malév Hungarian Airlines
Guinness Peat Aviation

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