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SmartLynx Airlines, previously ''LatCharter'', is a charter airline based in Mārupe, Mārupe municipality, Latvia,〔"(About SmartLynx Airlines )." About SmartLynx Airlines. Retrieved on 24 January 2014. "Address Mazrūdas, Mārupes novads, LV-2167."〕 operating flights on wet lease out (ACMI), holiday charter flights, and ''ad hoc'' passenger charter flights across Europe, Africa and Asia.〔 ==History== The privately owned company was established in 1992 by four professional pilots and one flight engineer as ''LatCharter'' (the name derived from ''Latvia'') and started operations in 1993 with leased Tupolev Tu-134B aircraft.〔"(YL-LBF on Airliners.net )"〕〔"(YL-LBG on Airliners.net )"〕〔"(YL-LBH on Airliners.net )"〕〔"(History SmartLynx Airlines )" History of SmartLynx Airlines. Retrieved on 24 January 2014."〕 The Tupolev fleet was replaced with the larger Yakovlev Yak-42〔"(YL-LBT on Airliners.net )"〕〔"(YL-LBU on Airliners.net )"〕 in April 2001, and then Airbus A320-200 by December 2003.〔 In July 2006, Loftleiðir, the aircraft lease arm of Icelandair Group, acquired a majority 55% shareholding in the LatCharter stock, and eventually the whole company. The airline expanded its fleet by adding five more A320-200 and two B767-300 aircraft. The aircraft were wet-leased to different airlines around the world. Since then the ACMI market has been company’s primary focus and it has operated for numerous carriers such as Air Malta,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Air Malta News Update )〕 SBA Airlines,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SBA Airlines News Update )〕 Finnair,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Finnair will use A320-200 wet-leased from SmartLynx in September/October )〕 Condor Flugdienst.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Latvia's SmartLynx wet-leasing A320s to Corendon and Condor )〕 In 2008, commemorating the airline's 15th anniversary, it was renamed SmartLynx Airlines, new logo and livery were introduced.〔"(A Leap Forward – LatCharter Becomes SmartLynx )." Retrieved on 24 January 2014."〕 In 2012 the airline was bought from Icelandair in a management buy-out and is now a completely separate entity.〔(SmartLynx Airlines separates from Icelandair Group. )〕 In 2012 the airline also formed a subsidiary Smartlynx Airlines Estonia with one Airbus A320-200 to serve the Estonian tour operators.〔(SmartLynx Airlines Estonia. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SmartLynx establishes Estonian subsidiary for Tallinn charter flights )〕〔"(ES-SAL on Airliners.net )"〕 As of December 2013, the airline had 140 employees.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SmartLynx Airlines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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