DOT LT is a airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 from Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

, that offers worldwide ACMI services using a small fleet of passenger and cargo aircraft.

History

The airline was established and started operations in 2003 as Danu Oro Transportas with assistance from its majority shareholder DAT Danish Air Transport. On 13 April 2006 it was rebranded as DOT LT. The company has 60 employees (at February 2010) and is a member of the European Regions Airline Association

European Regions Airline Association

Founded in 1980, European Regions Airline Association, ERA, is a non-profit trade association representing almost 200 companies involved in European air transport, including airlines, airframe and engine manufacturers, airports, suppliers and service providers from all over Europe.The Association...

.

Destinations

On behalf of Danish Air Transport, DOT LT operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:

Norway

• Fagernes
  Fagernes
  is the largest settlement in the valley of Valdres, Norway, with a population of 1,801. Fagernes is the administrative centre of the municipality of Nord-Aurdal.See video from the Fagernes Town : *...
  
   - Fagernes Airport, Leirin
  Fagernes Airport, Leirin
  Fagernes Airport, Leirin serves Fagernes and the surrounding valleys of Valdres, Hallingdal and Gudbrandsdal in Southern Norway, from Oslo. Opened in 1987, it is owned and operated by state-owned Avinor. The airport is above sea level, and has a runway...
  
  
• Oslo
  Oslo
  Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
  
   - Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
  Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
  Oslo Airport, Gardermoen is the principal airport serving Oslo, Norway. It acts as the main domestic hub and international airport for Norway, and the second-busiest airport in the Nordic countries. A hub for Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle, and a focus city for Widerøe, it is...
  
   (base)
• Røros
  Røros
  is a town and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Other villages include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen....
  
   - Røros Airport
  Røros Airport
  Røros Airport is a regional airport serving the town of Røros in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. The airport is located west of the town centre and opened in 1957. It is served daily by DOT LT to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen and weekly by Skyways Express to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport...
  
  
• Stavanger
  Stavanger
  Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
  
   - Sola Airport
  Stavanger Airport, Sola
  Stavanger Airport, Sola is an international airport located in Sola, Norway, southwest of Stavanger. It is Norway's third-busiest airport, with both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter traffic for the offshore North Sea oil installations...
  
  

The remaining aircraft are leased out and operate non-scheduled flights according to the respective contracts.

Fleet

As of June 2011, the DOT LT fleet consists of the following aircraft:

DOT LT fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Notes
ATR 42-300	2	operated for Equaflight Equaflight Equaflight is an airline based in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, operating scheduled and chartered flights out of its base at Pointe Noire Airport. The company was founded in 1998...
ATR 42-300QC	1
ATR 42-300F	3	cargo
ATR 42-500	1	operated for Yemen LNG Yemen LNG Yemen LNG is the first 'natural gas liquefaction project in Yemen. The LNG plant is located in Balhaf.-History:...
Saab 340A	2
Total	9

Incidents

On 8 August 2010, a DOT LT ATR 42-300 (registered

Aircraft registration

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 LY-DOT) that was parked at Pori Airport

Pori Airport

Pori Airport is an airport in Pori, Finland. The airport is located south of the Pori town centre. It has two check-in desks, and a cafeteria service.During 2010 Pori Airport served 43,185 passengers, a decrease of 30.5% from previous year.- Facilities :...

 in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 was hit by a small tornado

Tornado

A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...

and lifted into the air. The aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair when it slammed back onto the ground.