Small Planet Airlines Sp. z o. o. was a

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leisure

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and a subsidiary of now-defunct

Small Planet Airlines Small Planet Airlines was a Lithuanian leisure airline based at Vilnius Airport with further bases throughout Europe. It was the subsidiary of the Small Planet Group which also owned sister companies in Cambodia, Germany, Italy, and Poland, all ...

from

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History

The airline was founded in December 2009 as flyLAL Charters PL Sp. z o. o., a branch of Lithuanian Airlines. In April 2009

bought the firm from its parent company Avia Solutions Group. In October 2018, Small Planet Airlines Poland filed for restructuring measures due to a negative financial outlook shortly after its badly managed German sister carrier declared

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. On 9 November 2018, most probably as a consequence of its sister company bankruptcy, it has been announced however that Small Planet Airlines Poland ceased its operations.ch-aviation.com - Small Planet Airlines Polska terminates operations
9 November 2018

Destinations

The company flew to Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Greece, Italy and other countries from various Polish cities, mostly

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and

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Fleet

The Small Planet Airlines Poland fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of November 2018:

References

External links

Official website
{{Airlines of Poland Defunct airlines of Poland Airlines established in 2009 Airlines disestablished in 2018 Defunct charter airlines