It happens like this: the plane belonging to a well-known businessman flew from Kaunas to Vilnius in 18 minutes | Business

On the page flightradar24.com residents recorded the flight from Kaunas to Vilnius. Checking the page we see that this flight took place on July 22nd. The plane took off from Kaunas airport at 22:29 local time and landed in Vilnius at 22:46. The flight lasted 18 minutes in total.

The flight took place on the Embraer 135BJ luxury jet business class plane. The initials “AR” can be seen on the tail of this plane. This plane was purchased a few years ago by businessman Artūras Rakauskas, co-owner of repair and household goods “Kesko Senukai”.

As reported by the company managing the plane, the plane is rented and flew to Vilnius according to the order of one of the customers for an onward flight.

This plane can accommodate up to 13 passengers. It even comes with a sofa, leather chairs, and their seats recline.

The fact that A. Rakauskas purchased a luxury plane was announced by 15min back in 2020. through the Estonian company LGC Investment OÜ. The documents state that indirect owner of the company – Artūras Rakauskas.

The jet plane, manufactured in 2008, can accommodate up to 13 passengers, and the interior exudes luxury – wide and comfortably reclining seats covered with light leather, a sofa installed in the plane, a kitchenette with upper shelves, through the glass doors of which glasses can be seen.

After looking at the ads, one can get the impression that the market price of such an airplane can vary from 7 to ten million euros.

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It is estimated that in intensive use, for example flying between 200 and 400 hours per year, the cost of maintaining such an aircraft, including the cost of fuel, can exceed a million euros for flight operators.

By the way, once upon a time, a plane regularly flew between Vilnius and Kaunas in Lithuania. It is true that such flights were abandoned due to ecological and financial considerations, he points out madeinvilnius.lt.

There are no regular domestic flights in Lithuania. The last such attempt was recorded in 2020. in the summer, when a trip from Vilnius to Palanga airport was offered by the aviation business group Avia Solutions Group.

One-way ticket cost from 45 euros per traveler, the flight lasted about 50 minutes. Although they were planned to run throughout the summer, they were soon discontinued.