Jet2.com
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| Jet2.com | ||
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| IATA LS |
ICAO EXS |
Callsign CHANNEX |
| Founded | 2002 | |
| Hubs | Leeds Bradford Airport Manchester Airport Belfast International Airport |
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| Focus cities | Blackpool International Airport Edinburgh Airport Newcastle Airport |
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| Fleet size | 29 | |
| Destinations | 40 | |
| Parent company | Dart Group PLC | |
| Company slogan | The low cost airline | |
| Headquarters | Leeds Bradford International Airport, United Kingdom | |
| Key people | Philip Meeson (CEO) | |
| Website: http://www.jet2.com/ | ||
Jet2.com is a British low-cost airline based in Leeds, England. It operates services from five UK hubs to around 40 European destinations; the airline also offers contract charter services. Its main base is Leeds Bradford International Airport,[1] with hubs at Manchester Airport, Belfast International Airport, Blackpool International Airport, Edinburgh Airport and Newcastle Airport.
The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, it is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.[2]
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[edit] History
Jet2.com is a subsidiary of the Dart Group PLC, an aviation services and distribution group. The airline has been operating commercial aircraft since 1978, originally under the name Channel Express (Air Services), primarily a freight operator but since 2001 operating both freight and passenger charter services.
Jet2.com was established as a low-cost airline subsidiary of Channel Express in 2002 and started operations on 12 February 2003 at Leeds Bradford International Airport using Boeing 737-300 aircraft on services to Amsterdam. During 2003 the airline expanded routes to six further European destinations.
In 2006 the operational headquarters of Channel Express were moved from Bournemouth to Leeds and the company was renamed Jet2.com Limited[3] using the brand name Jet2.com. Although re-branded Jet2.com it still operates the contract charter and freight flights which were formerly operated under the Channel Express name.
The airline opened a second base at Manchester Airport in December 2004. Subsequently bases have been opened at Belfast International Airport, Newcastle Airport, Edinburgh Airport and Blackpool Airport. After adding additional Boeing 737-300s these were supplemented in 2005 with the addition of larger Boeing 757-200s.
Like other low-cost carriers, Jet2.com tickets may only be booked over the internet or by telephone.
The airline carried 600,000 passengers in 2003, its first year of operation, and 3.8 million passengers on over 34,000 flights in 2007.
The Dart Group also has a separate division, Jet2holidays.com, offering package holidays which incorporate Jet2.com flights with private taxi transfers and hotel accommodation. Package holidays are offered from all six UK bases to destinations such as Spain, the Canary Islands and Crete in Greece from May 2008.
On 8 May 2008 the company announced a series of four direct flights from Leeds Bradford to New York Newark Airport, during November and December 2008. The service will be available through Jet2 Holidays as a package or on a seat only basis.[4]
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[edit] Destinations
[edit] Fleet
The Jet2.com fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2008):[8]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers |
Routes | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-300 | 21 | 148 | Europe and UK | |
| Boeing 757-200 | 8 | 252 | Europe, UK and America | |
| Total | 29 |
At June 2008, the Jet2.com average fleet age was 20.5 years.[9]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, pp. 97-98.
- ^ Operating Licence
- ^ Companies House - English Company 02739537
- ^ Jet2.com Press Release - Newark Flights
- ^ Number of Passengers including both domestic and international.
- ^ Number of Flights represents total flights during that year.
- ^ Load Factor represents number of seat-km used as a proportion of number of seat-km available.
- ^ UK Civil Aviation Authority Aircraft Register
- ^ Jet2.com Fleet Age
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