Lessor Genesis and Heston Aviation team-up to launch Heston Airlines

Ireland-based lessor Genesis is teaming-up with Heston Aviation to establish Heston Airlines, a Lithuanian airline that will offer charter and ACMI-flights. Its first aircraft will be A320 LY-FJI (2157), which is currently being prepared at Vilnius and still carrying ES-LAA. A second A320, LY-VUT (2112) and currently parked at Shannon as LZ-GNF, will follow shortly. A registration for a third (LY-NZL) has also been reserved but no aircraft has been sourced yet.

Heston Airlines is planning to target tour operators and airlines in Europe, the Middle-East and Africa and hopes to increase its fleet to seven aircraft by 2022. Next to Heston Airlines, Heston Aviation has a MRO subsidiary in Australia (Heston MRO) and the holding itself conducts aircraft trading and asset management.

Illustration by Heston Airlines.