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Avia Solutions Group centralises AirExplore and KlasJet operational leadership

Avia Solutions Group has placed Slovakia-based AirExplore and Lithuania-based KlasJet under a single operational leadership team led by KlasJet chief Justinas Bulka, while retaining both brand identities. The consolidation centralises ACMI and charter management to simplify workflows, remove duplicate structures and speed wet-lease deployments.

Discovered 2026-02-18T08:21:47.946375-08:00 | 2026-02-18T08:21:47.946375-08:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

The move centralises ACMI capacity and decision-making, which should shorten wet-lease deployment lead times and improve responsiveness to immediate capacity needs; see AirExplore's recent wet-lease deployment for operator context.
Retaining separate brands while unifying operations signals a drive for scale and efficiency among ACMI players; this aligns with broader market repositioning such as GetJet's expansion/rebrand and carriers reducing wet-lease reliance (see airBaltic's shift in-house).
For airlines and lessors, a single operational structure across Slovakia and Lithuania improves predictability of aircraft and crew availability and can lower transactional friction during short-notice capacity sourcing; the change follows recent group-level portfolio moves in the region (see SmartLynx/Avia divestment context).

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