GetJet receives damages in charter flight agreement dispute

Tour operator Novaturas has been found to have unlawfully terminated a charter flight agreement, and Vilnius Regional Court has awarded €1.65 million in damages plus 8% annual interest to charter flight company GetJet Airlines. The Court rejected Novaturas’ request to declare that even after the lifting of the Covid-19 quarantine, it had not fulfilled its obligations under the charter flight agreement with GetJet Airlines due to force majeure circumstances. The court also dismissed Novaturas’ request to exempt the company from contractual civil liability for force majeure circumstances as unfounded, recognising the unilateral termination of the contract as unlawful and awarding