OREANDA-NEWS. July 17, 2013. The Schiphol airport in Amsterdam greeted the passengers of the first Air Lituanica flight from Vilnius with the traditional red tulips. The first Lithuanian aircraft to land in the largest airport in the Netherlands was also welcomed with a festive parade of automobiles.

The new route is aimed not only at business and leisure travellers seeking to discover one of the most beautiful and liberal capitals of Europe but also to those passengers who are looking for more convenient connecting flights to various destinations all over the world.

In cooperation with the Royal Dutch Airlines KLM, Air Lituanica now offers almost 100 routes worldwide.

‘The first flight was a clear indicator that the route to Amsterdam would be much appreciated by travellers looking for more convenient connecting flights. Via the Shiphol airport passengers flew to Paris, Brussels, Madrid, Luxemburg, Bordeaux and Lyon. Meanwhile, the returning flight to Vilnius was full of travellers coming back from Dubai, Marseille, Paris and Cologne’, said the CCO of Air Lituanica Simonas Bartkus.

Air Lituanica will fly to Amsterdam every day and carry its passengers to the Dutch capital in a 76-seater Embraer 170. The plane will take off at Vilnius airport early in the morning (6:25 am) and head back from Amsterdam to Vilnius at 10 am each day.

Currently Air Lituanica offers daily flights to Brussels and Amsterdam. For the added convenience of its passengers, from the 5th of August the airline will add a new route to Berlin.

By 2015 AirLituanica will be carrying passengers on 13-16 routes. The company is set to serve 500-600 air travellers per year and create over 1500 new jobs in Lithuania. 83% of Air Lituanica stock is owned the Vilnius municipal enterprise Start Vilnius UAB whilst the remaining 17% belongs to Air Lituanica Club UAB.