Small Planet Airlines (Germany)

Small Planet Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
5P LLX GERMANJET
Founded 2015
Commenced operations May 2016[1]
Focus cities
Fleet size 7
Parent company Small Planet Airlines
Headquarters Berlin, Germany
Key people
  • Andreas Wobig, CEO
  • Oliver Pawel
Website smallplanet.aero

Small Planet Airlines GmbH is a German charter airline headquartered in Berlin and a subsidiary of Small Planet Airlines from Lithuania.[1]

History

The airline was founded in 2015 and operated its first charter services out of Düsseldorf Airport using its parent's licence by October 2015.[1] Along with its owner, Small Planet Airlines from Lithuania, which owns 80% of the German airline, and sister airline Small Planet Airlines (Poland), it belongs to the Small Planet Group. The headquarters in Berlin is expected to have up to 15 employees while each aircraft will be operated by 5 crews of 6; together that gives an expected overall employee count of around 75.[2]

The airline received its own German operations license on 13 May 2016 and operated its first flight (Bremen to Heraklion) on the same day.[1] In January 2018, Small Planet Airlines Germany welcomed its one-millionth passenger.[3]

On 18 September 2018 Small Planet Airlines Germany filed for bankruptcy while planning to continue its operations during a restructuring.[4][5] Shortly after, TUI announced to replace their charter operations at Paderborn Lippstadt Airport with own services operated by TUI fly Deutschland with more takeovers to be likely.[6]

Destinations

Since May 2016, the company operates charter flights to various Southern European leisure destinations from its bases on behalf of travel groups like Thomas Cook and TUI.[1]

Fleet

Small Planet Airlines (Germany) Airbus A320-200

As of May 2018, Small Planet Airlines GmbH operates the following aircraft:[7]

Aircraft In Service On order Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200 5 0 180
Airbus A321-200 2 0 220
Total 7 0


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 airliners.de - "Small Planet Airlines takes off with German license" 13 May 2016
  2. ↑ "SMALL PLANET AIRLINE Berlin bekommt eine neue Fluggesellschaft". www.berliner-zeitung.de. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Small Planet Airlines Germany celebrates its one-millionth passenger". www.smallplanet.aero.
  4. ↑ "Small Planet Airlines GmbH stellt Insolvenzantrag zur Restrukturierung – Weiterführung des Flugbetriebes in Deutschland, Österreich, der Schweiz und den Niederlanden". www.smallplanet.aero.
  5. ↑ "Deutsche Small Planet rutscht in die Insolvenz". www.airliners.de.
  6. ↑ touristik-aktuell.de - Paderborn: TUI Fly ersetzt Small Planet Airlines (German) 11 October 2018
  7. ↑ "Small Planet Airlines Germany adds dry-leased A321s".

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