How Lithuania's Government Leaders Travel

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@RR-jz2up 7 ай бұрын

Latvian Prime Minister lost his job just because he preferred private charters instead of our Air Baltic.

@LithuaniaExplained 7 ай бұрын

Oh interesting! And thank you so much for the gift!

@pijusas8219 7 ай бұрын

I’ve actually been in a plane with president Dalia Grybauskaite and like 5 of her bodyguards. It was a simple Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Vilnius like 10 years ago.

@travelvideos 7 ай бұрын

Starting a conversation with somebody "important" in the seat next to me is the hardest thing I have ever done. But also might be the reason why politicians don't enjoy commercial aviation.

@veewee4826 7 ай бұрын

The ex president of Finland, Sauli Niinistö used to always fly to meetings etc. By a Finnair or Norwegian airlinws commercial flight. It was cheap and safe.

@geko7173 7 ай бұрын

I didn't know in Lithuania are using the C-27J to transport the government officials. In Bulgaria, C-27J is the main aircraft for medical flights. I guess a big business jet like Embraer ERJ family could do the job. Great video. I learn a lot about Lithuania from your videos.

@thebajancambrian2141 6 ай бұрын

Its 8 am in Brooklyn, NY and I am watching a video on how Lithuania's government travel. I dont know where Lithuania is nor am I Lithuanian yet here I am. lolz

@mattcat65 7 ай бұрын

I think chartering an Airbua A220 from Air Baltic would be the best compromise. Maybe the government could pay up front to reserve priority charter access for one of Air Baltic's lovely Bombardier (Ooops - Airbus) airplanes...

@tdestroyer1882 6 ай бұрын

The A321 XLR would be a fantastic choice. It has capacity for around 200 passengers, a range of 8700 kilometres so it can reach most parts of the world and its very new and modern while costing around 150 million USD. So I would say for the cost, Lithuania would get very good perks from it

@gidsinveenhuizenpuntnl 7 ай бұрын

That Netherlands Government BBJ has also caused a lot of discussion and is actually a second hand example...

@edrag0n 5 ай бұрын

The Wizzair moment was eyebrow raising! Both cool and kinda funny, but I think Grybauskaitė owned it

@antasosam8486 7 ай бұрын

I don't think flying comerciall airlines is any less safe than dedicated small jet.

@josephkrizauskas1052 7 ай бұрын

I guess the best way is to carefully plan the trips and try to get the most done on each trip.

@BrusoDetailing 7 ай бұрын

For me as a Lithunia this is really an embarsing situation. I have actually shared a flight (on Raynair) with Gabrielius Landsbergis (Minister of Foreighn Affairs). This is not embarrassing money-wise for me but It's embarrassing as some time ago, we were capable of building our own planes in Kaunas. At least right now, we should be able to afford just a little governmental fleet.

@fokus5097 6 ай бұрын

I tbh like the idea them flying on regular plane. It reminds them that they are ordinary people.

@Kuricang31 6 ай бұрын

There are a lot more important things to do by the government has to do for Lithuania and its people. Having a dedicated governmental aircraft is not on the lists

@OddElephantLTU 7 ай бұрын

On FlightCheck there is an AN-2 for sale in Poland which has been converted to be "Luxurious". I think that would be perfect for our president lol.

@anzelmasmatutis2500 7 ай бұрын

The moment of "unless huge oil/gas/gold/.. resources are found.." is very true.

@Vanduo610 7 ай бұрын

We have oil and others but not much.

@seanshepard2000 7 ай бұрын

Falcon 50 - that's where it's at! +-$2million USD - versatile, fast, cool as crap! (my FAV business jet ever! One used to fly from KFCI when I was doing my flight training, and I LOVED that plane!) - anyway, Falcon 50 ... yes, please :)

@mrbharathkiran.1508 7 ай бұрын

Hi from India

@braveworld2707 7 ай бұрын

Tuff question but the Air Ambulance one sounds excellent. Serves a very useful purpose and is available for the Head of State and others to use when appropriate. Don't need a brand new one as there are many suitable aircraft available in the _used plane lot_ and just need to find the right one for the right price. Maybe really only needed for zipping round Europe. Keep in mind I am looking at this from Downunder so I am not privy to the needs of Lithuania. It's also hard to justify multi-million €€€ outlay when you have less than a 3 Million population.

@Moliugas89 7 ай бұрын

Yeah mate, president is just a person like you and me. So they shouldn't enjoy too much luxury.

@amorosogombe9650 7 ай бұрын

But they only have one spartan?

@Kuricang31 6 ай бұрын

Having a dedicated aircraft, with luxurious interior, only for officials to occasionally use is nothing more but a huge waste of money. Which Lithuania doesn't have at the moment as equipping the military is much more important so they can defend the country had Putin became bored with Ukraine and wanted to 'play' elsewhere Also it is good that Canada and New Zealand governments have old and outdated aircraft as politicians do needed a reality check sometimes that they are not that better than the people they served

@bernardkealey6449 7 ай бұрын

No such thing as an easy answer to this, as optics and politics always seem to outweigh any sensible discussions about determining necessity. A note on the G700 and any other “biz jet”; the max range quoted is always with less than half load of pax. The purchase or dry lease cost of a plane is much lesser an issue than the full cost of running it. Nearly every country that has dedicated head of state jet transport have 2 of the big birds so that one is theoretically always available on call and not down for scheduled maintenance… even then a few years ago Germany had to send the chancellor on commercial flights via Barcelona to get to Argentina when one of their A330’s broke at the last minute. Maybe Lithuania could think outside the box and offer asylum to a disenchanted Russian oligarch who is willing to donate and fund the upkeep of an Airbus 😉

@roccowildcraft7393 6 ай бұрын

As of the time of writing this comment latvias president is flying from athens to riga on airbaltic

@whiskeysk 7 ай бұрын

Slovak Government Flying Service replaced their Tu-154M and two Yak-40 with a second hand A319 ACJ and two F-100. The latest issue is the government officials using the airbus to fly to Euro football matches in Germany and when the press found out they claimed they flew to Germany for negotiations and discussions with Hungarian government officials...