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KlasJet's Boeing 737 at the Winter Olympics in South Korea.

Canadian ice hockey players arrive at Winter Olympics in KlasJet's Boeing 737

On February 8, the Canadian men's ice hockey team arrived at the Winter Olympics, which take place at the Pyeongchang resort in South Korea. For their travel the team chose a Boeing 737-500, which is specially designed for sports teams. The private flight was organised by European business aviation company KlasJet in cooperation with aircraft charter broker Smart Aviation.

The narrow-body Boeing 737 business aircraft is laid out in a unique 56-seat business class cabin configuration, is highly comfortable and meets the demands of sports teams, large business travel groups and government officials. Moreover, this type of aircraft is the only one in Central, Northern and Eastern Europe. It belongs to KlasJet, a European business aviation company specializing in comprehensive aircraft management solutions, as well as private and corporate charter flights.

"Our service has already been used by several well-known football and basketball teams. We are proud that the Canadian national hockey team, which will defend the champions' title at the Olympics, chose our company. It is a significant assessment and achievement for us. Of course, this is a great responsibility due to working with the customers of such level. Every detail is extremely important and everything must be done perfectly,” said Dovydas Jurgelevicius, CEO of KlasJet.

The Canadian team is considered to be one of the strongest men's ice hockey teams on Earth. Canadian ice hockey players have already won nine tournaments at the Olympics; in 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1952, 2002, 2010, and 2014.