GetJet Airlines career: what working at Lithuania's ACMI carrier actually looks like
Have you seen a GetJet Airlines job ad and wondered what the company actually does? Most people outside aviation haven't heard of ACMI, which is the core of GetJet's business model — and understanding it helps explain what a career there looks like and who it's really for.
What GetJet actually does
GetJet Airlines was founded in Vilnius in 2016 by Aleksandr Celiadin, with one Boeing 737-400 and a first flight on May 25 of that year. By 2026, the fleet has grown to 17 aircraft, including 11 Airbus A320s and five Boeing 737 NGs, operating out of bases across Europe and beyond: Barcelona, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Vilnius, Malta, Reykjavik, London Gatwick, and others.
The business model is ACMI — Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, Insurance. That means GetJet doesn't sell tickets to passengers directly. Instead, it supplies aircraft and crew to other airlines that need extra capacity. Customers have included Wizz Air, Finnair, Transavia, Icelandair, TUI, and Air Serbia. In 2022, GetJet became the first Lithuanian airline to operate a commercial flight to Australia. Verslo žinios named it the leader of Lithuania's transport and logistics sector in 2020.
The company has around 900 aviation professionals working across multiple AOC registrations in Lithuania, Latvia, and Malta, with commercial offices in Cyprus and Dubai. The Vilnius headquarters — 130+ office staff — moved to Business Garden Vilnius in 2023, one of the newer office campuses in the city.
What working there looks like — and the honest numbers
If you look up GetJet on Glassdoor, the numbers are not encouraging. The overall rating sits at 2.2 out of 5, with only 19% of reviewers saying they'd recommend the company to a friend (Glassdoor). Work-life balance gets 2.1, culture and values 1.9.
The important context here: most of those reviews likely come from crew — pilots and cabin staff — for whom ACMI work is genuinely hard. You're operating for multiple airlines in rotating bases, schedules are demanding, and the nature of wet leasing means you're always filling gaps for someone else's operation. The readyfortakeoffbook.com pilot conditions profile describes GetJet as offering "fast career paths" alongside lower-than-average European pilot pay, which reflects that trade-off pretty honestly.
Office roles in Vilnius — legal, finance, accounting, operations support — are a different context. Ground staff in any airline work in a structured, regulated environment with clearer hours. Whether the management culture issues that crew reviewers mention extend equally to the office side is hard to confirm from public sources, so that's a question worth asking directly in any interview.
What kinds of roles GetJet hires for
From the ground side, GetJet regularly needs aviation technical staff (MCC engineers, maintenance planners), legal specialists familiar with aviation regulation, and finance professionals. English is the working language for international operations, which is why these roles occasionally appear on workwork.lt.
Crew roles — pilots and cabin staff — are recruited through aviation-specific channels and are typically not the kind of positions that come through English-language job boards aimed at a general audience.
If you're considering a GetJet career in a ground or office role, the first 90 days post on workwork.lt gives a useful picture of what joining a Lithuanian company typically feels like regardless of industry.
The honest take
GetJet is a genuinely interesting company from a business angle. Building a 17-aircraft ACMI operation from scratch in ten years, out of Vilnius, is not a small thing. The clients are real, the international footprint is real, and the growth since 2016 has been consistent.
The Glassdoor numbers are what they are, though. If you're considering an office role, go in with open eyes and ask current employees directly about the culture. Fast-growing aviation companies often have processes that haven't kept up with the headcount — that can be an opportunity or a frustration depending on who you are.
For anyone weighing whether Lithuania is the right long-term base for a career, this post on building a career here versus using it as a stepping stone is worth reading before you decide.