JetX Airlines

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JetX Airlines
IATA
GX		 ICAO
JXX		 Callsign
JETBIRD
Founded 2003
Hubs Keflavík International Airport
Fleet size 5
Destinations
Parent company Primera Travel Group (60%)
Headquarters Flag of Iceland Keflavík, Iceland
Key people Andri Már Ingólfsson
Website: http://www.jetx.is/

JetX Limited is a charter airline based in Iceland. The airline operates under Icelandic JAR-OPS 1 Air Operator's Certificate number IS-022 issued by the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration.[1]

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[edit] History

  • 2008

June 2008 JetX starts full charter operation from Dublin with Boeing 737-800's.

  • 2007

November 2007 JetX starts a long-haul operation on B767 from Scandinavia to Asia. Aircraft TF-LLA is on wet-lease from Loftleidir Icelandic.

September 2007 Offices in Kópavogur, Iceland, are doubled in size, number of office employees reaches 50. TF-JXA and TF-JXB are returned to SAS after over three years on Icelandic registry.

May 2007 TF-JXD and TF-JXE, Boeing 737-800s, are added to the fleet. Full charter operation from Stockholm and Gothenburg begins.

April 2007 TF-JXF, Boeing 737-800, is added to the fleet. Full charter operation from Keflavík begins.

  • 2006

November 2006 JetX receives B737NG 180 minutes ETOPS operation approval issued by the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration.

September 2006 Boeing 737-800, OE-LNK, is dry leased in from Austrian Airlines.

February 2006 60% share in JetX is sold to Primera Travel Group.

January 2006 JetX expands and moved into new offices in Kopavogur, Iceland.

  • 2005

July 2005 MD83, TF-JXC, added to the fleet.

  • 2004

July 2004 JetX operates scheduled flights out of Forli, Italy until 31 October 2004.

June 2004 MD82, TF-JXB, added to the fleet.

May 2004 JetX receives its Air Operator's Certificate no. IS-022 from the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration. The first aircraft, MD82, TF-JXA, delivered and flight operations commence.

April 2004 JetX moves into new offices in Kopavogur, Iceland.

  • 2003

September 2003 JetX is founded and registered in Iceland

[edit] Wet leases

JetX Airlines provides wet leases to the following companies:[2]

[edit] Destinations

[edit] Fleet

The JetX Airlines operates the following aircraft (as of 8 June 2008):[4]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ JetX History. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
  2. ^ JetX Wet Lease Customers. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
  3. ^ MONTRÉAL-TRUDEAU WELCOMES THREE NEW CARRIERS (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
  4. ^ JetX Airlines fleet. CH-Aviation.
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