KlasJet, a family member of Avia Solutions Group and a private and corporate jet charter company based in Lithuania, has added cargo services to its portfolio by collaborating with Icelandic cargo airline BlueBird Nordic. The latter company’s newly acquired Boeing 737-300 (LY-MRN), named Merlin, will enable KlasJet to carry out cargo services globally.

"The alliance of KlasJet’s experience in providing high quality services and planning difficult time-critical routes, with BlueBird Nordic’s experience in air cargo sector will benefit each other, expanding the opportunities that private charter can offer," the company says.

As for the current situation born from the COVID-19 outbreak, KlasJet has already demonstrated its ability to react to these extreme circumstances by providing repatriation and humanitarian flights. Adding cargo services means it will be able to respond to the rising demand in that market segment, which will be of use when transporting a team of medics who require specialist gear to be carried with them, larger amounts of medical supplies, personal protective equipment and the like.