Smartlynx Airlines

Placement organization

Name of organization: Smartlynx Airlines
Town/city: Riga
Country: Letland
Website: http://www.smart-lynx.com

Student

Name of student: Ilsa Smeile

Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Airline
Organization’s activities: Full charter and ACMI lease
Target group of the organization: Tour operators, airlines, ad-hoc clients
Company culture: Team is friendly and helpful to each other. Experience in aviation and accounting is highly valued.
Number of employees: approx. 200
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Commercial, operational, finance etc. I worked in commercial
Brief description of your daily activities: Full charter calculations, email communication, invoicing, fuel calculations, contract follow-up etc.
Brief description of your company assignment: Research on potential new target markets to the Canary Islands
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Supportive and giving a lot of opportunities to learn different kind of things.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Quick- learner, highly responsible, logic-minded, flexible, with passion for aviation, good with numbers.
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS office, special internal programs LTC and RM.
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Russian excellent

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? I did it myself
How did you go to work every day? By public transport

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents: There are no real documents since Latvia is in EU and is my country of origin.
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents?
Did you need certain vaccinations? No

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? n/a

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 300,00
Accommodation (monthly): € 200,00
Local transport (monthly): € 25,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 200,00
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Stand by travel on SmartLynx flights

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not as it is my country of origin
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? No

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 102217@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Commercial information should not be discussed with third parties and outside the office.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Old Riga city centre etc.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link