Jet2.com
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Jet2.com Limited is a British
low-cost airline
based at Leeds Bradford Airport, England
. It operates services from eight UK bases to 54 destinations. The airline also offers contract charter and air cargo
services. Its main base and headquarters is at Leeds Bradford Airport
, with smaller bases at Manchester, Belfast International
, Blackpool, Edinburgh
, Newcastle
, East Midlands and Glasgow
. It has about 1,500 employees as of January 2011.
The airline carried over 3.3 million passengers during 2010.
The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
PLC, an aviation services and distribution group. The airline began operating commercial aircraft in 1978 under the name Channel Express (Air Services)
, initially as a freight operator and then from 2001 operating both freight and passenger charter services using Boeing
aircraft to international destinations on mainly short and medium haul flights.
In 2003 the Channel Express established the Jet2.com brand from Leeds Bradford International Airport
and essentially started winding-down its Channel Express brand. The company grew from Leeds Bradford Airport with its first flight from Leeds Bradford to Amsterdam, which operated twice daily rotation with two Boeing 737-300 aircraft. New destinations including Alicante
, Barcelona, Bergamo, Malaga
, Nice and Palma
were added in the following months. Faro
and Prague were also added by the end of the year.
In December 2004 a second base was opened at Manchester Airport with the airline operating from terminal 1.
In 2005 Jet2 opened a base at Newcastle
. Later in the year the company acquired two Boeing 757-200
aircraft, enabling it to fly medium-long haul destinations as well as carrying more passengers on popular existing routes. The Boeing 757 aircraft only operate on routes from Leeds/Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle airports. These aircraft helped the company to open two more bases, which were Blackpool
and Edinburgh
.
In 2006 the company relocated from Bournemouth
to Leeds
and was renamed Jet2.com Limited. Following the rebranding Jet2 continued to operate the same contract charter and freight flights that had been operated under the Channel Express name. Since the relocation, Jet2 have been based in offices in Yeadon
adjacent to Leeds Bradford Airport.
Since 2006 the airline has acquired further Boeing 737 and 757 aircraft, all previously owned by other airlines, and have opened a base at Belfast International Airport
. A new base opened at East Midlands Airport in May 2010.
Unlike other low-cost carriers, Jet2 tickets can be booked via travel agents as well as over the internet and 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 division, Jet2holidays.com, offering package holiday
s which combine hotel accommodation and transfers with Jet2 flights. During November and December 2008 the airline operated four direct flights from Leeds Bradford to Newark Liberty International Airport
using Boeing 757-200s, with a series of flights also planned to operate to Newark from both Leeds Bradford and Newcastle during December 2010.
In November 2008 Jet2 changed its slogan from "The North's Low Cost Airline" to "Friendly Low Fares". This preceded the announcement of opening a hub at East Midlands Airport, the first of the airlines outside the North of England and Scotland. On 20 May as the base opened Jet2 announced a number of new routes for summer 2011.
On 14 September, the airline announced an 8th base at Glasgow Airport
would be opened in April 2011, with an initial 9 routes. The base was opened on 31 March, slightly earlier than scheduled.
Jet2 operates some mail flights under contract for Royal Mail
with QC aircraft overnight, during the day these aircraft are used for carrying passengers alongside the rest of the fleet.
In January 2011, the airline introduced the Boeing 737-800 aircraft into the fleet. This provided aircraft larger than their existing 737-300s yet smaller than their 757-200 aircraft. While not new the 737-800 aircraft are newer than existing aircraft.
, City of Leeds
, England
. As of 2006 the facility was under construction, meant to accommodate pilots, cabin crew, and "behind the scenes" employees.
The aircraft are painted in silver with the company's logo displayed on the fuselage. The tails are red, advertising either the Jet2 logo or the website. The Boeing 757s that are equipped with winglets display "Jet2.com" on the winglets Aircraft are currently being branded with the new "Friendly Low Fares" slogan above cabin windows.
The majority of the fleet are named after one of Jet2's destinations, the name is shown on the side of the nose. The most well known of these are "Yorkshire", "Manchester" and "Scotland" as these titles are displayed large on the fuselages.
Jet2 has one Boeing 737-300F
cargo aircraft which is still in the Channel Express livery.
Jet2 advertise their destinations on the overhead lockers inside their aircraft. The trim inside the aircraft varies depending on the age of the aircraft, all the 757 have new grey and red leather seats fitted and the 737's are soon to follow when they have their maintenance done.
Jet2 Holidays fleet are predominantly blue and white and feature a large sun motif on the tail, making them visually dissimilar to the rest of the Jet2 fleet.
United Kingdom
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low-cost airline
Low-cost carrier
A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline is an airline that generally has lower fares and fewer comforts...
based at Leeds Bradford Airport, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It operates services from eight UK bases to 54 destinations. The airline also offers contract charter and air cargo
Cargo airline
Cargo airlines are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.-Logistics:...
services. Its main base and headquarters is at Leeds Bradford Airport
Leeds Bradford International Airport
Leeds Bradford International Airport is located at Yeadon, in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Leeds city centre itself...
, with smaller bases at Manchester, Belfast International
Belfast International Airport
Belfast International Airport is a major airport located northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland. It was formerly known and is still referred to as Aldergrove Airport, after the village of the same name lying immediately to the west of the airport. Belfast International shares its runways with...
, Blackpool, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport is located at Turnhouse in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2010, handling just under 8.6 million passengers in that year. It was also the sixth busiest airport in the UK by passengers and the fifth busiest by aircraft movements...
, Newcastle
Newcastle Airport
Newcastle International Airport is located in Woolsington in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, north-west of the city centre. In 2010 it was the 11th busiest airport in the United Kingdom....
, East Midlands and Glasgow
Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Airport may refer to:*Glasgow International Airport, in Renfrewshire, the primary airport serving Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.*Glasgow Airport , also known as Wokal Field, in Glasgow, Montana, United States.It may also refer to:...
. It has about 1,500 employees as of January 2011.
The airline carried over 3.3 million passengers during 2010.
The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
History
Jet2.com Limited is a subsidiary of the Dart GroupDart Group
Dart Group PLC is a holding company based in West Yorkshire, England, for an airline company based at Leeds Bradford International Airport historically linked with the Channel Islands and a distribution company based in Lincolnshire....
PLC, an aviation services and distribution group. The airline began operating commercial aircraft in 1978 under the name Channel Express (Air Services)
Channel Express
Channel Express was an airline based in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. It operated scheduled services from Bournemouth to the Channel Islands and nightly cargo services to Europe and throughout the UK on behalf of Royal Mail and other overnight express carriers...
, initially as a freight operator and then from 2001 operating both freight and passenger charter services using Boeing
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
aircraft to international destinations on mainly short and medium haul flights.
In 2003 the Channel Express established the Jet2.com brand from Leeds Bradford International Airport
Leeds Bradford International Airport
Leeds Bradford International Airport is located at Yeadon, in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Leeds city centre itself...
and essentially started winding-down its Channel Express brand. The company grew from Leeds Bradford Airport with its first flight from Leeds Bradford to Amsterdam, which operated twice daily rotation with two Boeing 737-300 aircraft. New destinations including Alicante
Alicante Airport
Alicante Airport , , originally named El Altet, is the sixth busiest airport in Spain, and the main airport for the Province of Alicante and the Region of Murcia. The airport is situated southwest of Alicante and east of Elche in the municipality of Elche on Mediterranean coast. Up to eighty...
, Barcelona, Bergamo, Malaga
Málaga Airport
Málaga Airport , also known as Malaga Costa Del Sol Airport and Pablo Ruiz Picasso Airport, is the fourth busiest airport in Spain after Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca. It is an important airport for Spanish tourism as it is the main international airport serving the Costa Del Sol....
, Nice and Palma
Palma de Mallorca Airport
Palma de Mallorca Airport is an airport located east of Palma, Majorca, adjacent to the village of Can Pastilla. Also known as Son Sant Joan Airport or Aeroport de Son Sant Joan, it is the third largest airport in Spain, after Madrid's Barajas Airport and Barcelona Airport...
were added in the following months. Faro
Faro Airport
-Incidents and accidents:*On 21 December 1992, Martinair Flight 495 skidded off the runway in bad weather at Faro Airport killing 54 passengers and two crew out of a total of 340 people on board....
and Prague were also added by the end of the year.
In December 2004 a second base was opened at Manchester Airport with the airline operating from terminal 1.
Newcastle Airport
Newcastle International Airport is located in Woolsington in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, north-west of the city centre. In 2010 it was the 11th busiest airport in the United Kingdom....
. Later in the year the company acquired two Boeing 757-200
Boeing 757
The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Passenger versions of the twinjet have a capacity of 186 to 289 persons and a maximum range of , depending on variant and cabin configuration...
aircraft, enabling it to fly medium-long haul destinations as well as carrying more passengers on popular existing routes. The Boeing 757 aircraft only operate on routes from Leeds/Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle airports. These aircraft helped the company to open two more bases, which were Blackpool
Blackpool Airport
Blackpool International Airport is an international airport on the Fylde coast of Lancashire, England, in the Borough of Fylde, just outside the Borough of Blackpool. It was formerly known as Squires Gate Airport....
and Edinburgh
Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport is located at Turnhouse in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2010, handling just under 8.6 million passengers in that year. It was also the sixth busiest airport in the UK by passengers and the fifth busiest by aircraft movements...
.
In 2006 the company relocated from Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...
to Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
and was renamed Jet2.com Limited. Following the rebranding Jet2 continued to operate the same contract charter and freight flights that had been operated under the Channel Express name. Since the relocation, Jet2 have been based in offices in Yeadon
Yeadon, West Yorkshire
Yeadon is a town within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. It is home to Leeds Bradford International Airport.-History:...
adjacent to Leeds Bradford Airport.
Since 2006 the airline has acquired further Boeing 737 and 757 aircraft, all previously owned by other airlines, and have opened a base at Belfast International Airport
Belfast International Airport
Belfast International Airport is a major airport located northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland. It was formerly known and is still referred to as Aldergrove Airport, after the village of the same name lying immediately to the west of the airport. Belfast International shares its runways with...
. A new base opened at East Midlands Airport in May 2010.
Unlike other low-cost carriers, Jet2 tickets can be booked via travel agents as well as over the internet and 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 division, Jet2holidays.com, offering package holiday
Package holiday
A package holiday or package tour consists of transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a tour operator. Other services may be provided like a rental car, activities or outings during the holiday. Transport can be via charter airline to a foreign country...
s which combine hotel accommodation and transfers with Jet2 flights. During November and December 2008 the airline operated four direct flights from Leeds Bradford to Newark Liberty International Airport
Newark Liberty International Airport
Newark Liberty International Airport , first named Newark Metropolitan Airport and later Newark International Airport, is an international airport within the city limits of both Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States...
using Boeing 757-200s, with a series of flights also planned to operate to Newark from both Leeds Bradford and Newcastle during December 2010.
In November 2008 Jet2 changed its slogan from "The North's Low Cost Airline" to "Friendly Low Fares". This preceded the announcement of opening a hub at East Midlands Airport, the first of the airlines outside the North of England and Scotland. On 20 May as the base opened Jet2 announced a number of new routes for summer 2011.
On 14 September, the airline announced an 8th base at Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Airport may refer to:*Glasgow International Airport, in Renfrewshire, the primary airport serving Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.*Glasgow Airport , also known as Wokal Field, in Glasgow, Montana, United States.It may also refer to:...
would be opened in April 2011, with an initial 9 routes. The base was opened on 31 March, slightly earlier than scheduled.
Jet2 operates some mail flights under contract for Royal Mail
Royal Mail
Royal Mail is the government-owned postal service in the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turn operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide...
with QC aircraft overnight, during the day these aircraft are used for carrying passengers alongside the rest of the fleet.
In January 2011, the airline introduced the Boeing 737-800 aircraft into the fleet. This provided aircraft larger than their existing 737-300s yet smaller than their 757-200 aircraft. While not new the 737-800 aircraft are newer than existing aircraft.
Head office
The airline has its head office on the grounds of Leeds/Bradford Airport, YeadonYeadon, West Yorkshire
Yeadon is a town within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. It is home to Leeds Bradford International Airport.-History:...
, City of Leeds
City of Leeds
The City of Leeds is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Leeds City Council, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. The metropolitan district includes Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell,...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. As of 2006 the facility was under construction, meant to accommodate pilots, cabin crew, and "behind the scenes" employees.
Livery
The majority of the fleet are named after one of Jet2's destinations, the name is shown on the side of the nose. The most well known of these are "Yorkshire", "Manchester" and "Scotland" as these titles are displayed large on the fuselages.
Jet2 has one Boeing 737-300F
Boeing 737 Classic
The Boeing 737 Classic is the name given to the -300/-400/-500 series of the Boeing 737 following the introduction of the -600/-700/-800/-900 series. They are short- to medium- range, narrow-body jet airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The Classic series was introduced as the 'new...
cargo aircraft which is still in the Channel Express livery.
Jet2 advertise their destinations on the overhead lockers inside their aircraft. The trim inside the aircraft varies depending on the age of the aircraft, all the 757 have new grey and red leather seats fitted and the 737's are soon to follow when they have their maintenance done.
Jet2 Holidays fleet are predominantly blue and white and feature a large sun motif on the tail, making them visually dissimilar to the rest of the Jet2 fleet.
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Destinations
Fleet
As of November 2011, the Jet2 fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 23.1 years:| Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | |||
| Boeing 737-300 Boeing 737 Classic The Boeing 737 Classic is the name given to the -300/-400/-500 series of the Boeing 737 following the introduction of the -600/-700/-800/-900 series. They are short- to medium- range, narrow-body jet airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The Classic series was introduced as the 'new... |
19 | - | 148 | 148 | |
| Boeing 737-300F Boeing 737 Classic The Boeing 737 Classic is the name given to the -300/-400/-500 series of the Boeing 737 following the introduction of the -600/-700/-800/-900 series. They are short- to medium- range, narrow-body jet airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The Classic series was introduced as the 'new... |
1 | Channel Express Channel Express Channel Express was an airline based in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. It operated scheduled services from Bournemouth to the Channel Islands and nightly cargo services to Europe and throughout the UK on behalf of Royal Mail and other overnight express carriers... livery |
|||
| Boeing 737-300QC Boeing 737 Classic The Boeing 737 Classic is the name given to the -300/-400/-500 series of the Boeing 737 following the introduction of the -600/-700/-800/-900 series. They are short- to medium- range, narrow-body jet airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The Classic series was introduced as the 'new... |
3 | - | 148 | 148 | Quick Change to cargo |
| 1 | 78 | 30 | 108 | Charter Aircraft | |
| Boeing 737-800 Boeing 737 Next Generation The Boeing 737 Next Generation, commonly abbreviated as Boeing 737NG, is the name given to the -600/-700/-800/-900 series of the Boeing 737 after the introduction of the -300/-400/-500 Classic series. They are short- to medium-range, narrow-body jet airliners... |
2 | - | 189 | 189 | 3 additional aircraft to join fleet in December 2011 |
| Boeing 757-200 Boeing 757 The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Passenger versions of the twinjet have a capacity of 186 to 289 persons and a maximum range of , depending on variant and cabin configuration... |
9 | - | 229 | 229 | 2 additional aircraft to join fleet |
| 3 | - | 232 | 232 | ||
| Total | 38 | ||||