ACMI and wet-lease aircraft operator serving airlines and tour operators
Heston Airlines operates a wet-lease and ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) business from Vilnius, serving airlines and tour operators across Europe and beyond. The tech stack is entirely Microsoft-centric (Office, 365, Azure, Teams, Exchange), typical of aviation operations with compliance overhead, paired with IT infrastructure work (backup/recovery, system stability) and recruitment friction — suggesting early-stage scaling challenges in hiring and core system reliability rather than tech-forward operational priorities.
Heston Airlines, founded in 2016 and based in Vilnius, Lithuania, provides wet-lease and ACMI services to airlines, charter programs for tour operators, and ad-hoc flight capacity to end customers. The business model spans three service tiers: long-term and short-term leases with crew and maintenance included, full charter programs with customized on-board services, and immediate ad-hoc dispatch. The 501–1,000 headcount is weighted toward operations (the core lease and dispatch function), with smaller finance, HR, and marketing teams. Current hiring acceleration focuses on ops roles, indicating capacity growth in aircraft utilization or lease portfolio expansion.
Heston Airlines provides wet-lease and ACMI services (aircraft plus crew, maintenance, and insurance) to airlines, charter programs for tour operators, and ad-hoc flight capacity with rapid quoting and dispatch.
Vilnius, Lithuania. The company was founded in 2016 and operates across a 501–1,000 employee base, with all current hiring concentrated in Lithuania.
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