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Jet2.com
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Image:Jet2 aeroplane landing at EDI.jpg thumb|300px|Jet2.com aeroplane coming in to land at Edinburgh Airport
'''Jet2.com''' is a
low-cost airline based in
Leeds,
England. It operates services to domestic and European destinations. Its main base is
Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA), with hubs at
Manchester International Airport (MAN),
Belfast International Airport (BFS) and
Newcastle Airport (NCL).
Code data
*
International Air Transport Association IATA Code: '''LS'''
*
International Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO Code: '''EXS'''
*Callsign: Channex
History
The airline was established in
2002 and started operations on
12 February 2003 at
Leeds Bradford International Airport Leeds Bradford International Airport. Jet2.com established a second base in
Manchester in December
2004, with a secondary hub at
Belfast International Airport in
Northern Ireland. Plans for flights from
Belfast to
Cork were abandoned in February
2005 due to poor forward bookings and competition from other airlines. In 2005 Jet2.com began operating flights from
Manchester International Airport Manchester to
London Gatwick Airport London Gatwick in competition with
British Airways. On
18 May 2005, Dart Group announced that it had bought 2
Boeing 757-200 aircraft from New Mexorado Gas LLC to expand the operations of Jet2.com. Both aircraft were previously operated by
Fly Air of
Turkey, but had been in storage at
Goodyear, Arizona Goodyear,
Arizona,
USA (ref: Air International,
July 2005). In September 2005, Jet2.com launched flights from a further base at
Newcastle Airport. In November 2005, Jet2.com announced a new base at
Blackpool.
In early 2006 Dart Group put all it's aviation divisions in one brand: Jet2.com. Since then Jet2.com also operates the contract-charter and freight flights which were formerly operated by
Channel Express. The low cost airline now also operate the contract-charter and freight flights, and employs around 900 people.
Unlike many other low cost carriers, Jet2.com tend to use principal airports such as
Marco Polo International Airport in Venice and
Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris. Like other low-cost carriers, tickets may only be booked over the
internet or by
telephone. Seats are allocated at check in, on a first come first served basis.
Destinations
Jet2.com serves the following cities (at March
2006):
*Domestic scheduled destinations:
Belfast (
Belfast International Airport International),
Blackpool,
Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh,
Leeds Bradford International Airport Leeds/Bradford,
London (
London Gatwick Airport Gatwick),
Manchester International Airport Manchester and
Newcastle Airport Newcastle.
*International scheduled destinations:
Alicante,
Amsterdam,
Barcelona,
Bergen, Norway Bergen,
Budapest,
Chambery,
Cork,
Düsseldorf,
Faro, Portugal Faro,
Geneva,
Ibiza,
Lanzarote,
Málaga,
Menorca,
Milan,
Murcia,
Nice,
Palma de Mallorca,
Paris (
Charles de Gaulle International Airport Charles de Gaulle),
Pisa,
Prague,
Rome,
Tenerife (
Reina Sofía Airport Reina Sofía),
Valencia and
Venice.
*Discontinued destinations:
Bournemouth.
Fleet
The Jet2.com fleet consists of the following aircraft (at April 2006):
*21
Boeing 737-300 (1 in service with FlyGlobespan, 2 in service with FlyGlobespan weekends only)
*2
Boeing 757-200
*3
Boeing 737-300 (2 leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic, 1 leased from Futura)
*1
British Aerospace BAe 146 (leased from Flightline)
Future aircraft:
* 1
Boeing 757-200 (Acquired)
Fleet History:
*1
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (leased from JetX)
*1
Boeing 737-400 (leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic,
10 February 2005 -
29 October 2005)
*2
Airbus A300
External links
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Jet2.com
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Jet2.com Limited
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Dart Group
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Jet2.com Fleet Detail
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Jet2.com Passenger Opinions
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Photos of Jet2.com aircraft
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Jet2.com full fleet information
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