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Jet2.com
File:Jet2logonew.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
LS[1] EXS CHANNEX
Gegründet1983 (as Channel Express)
Commenced operations1983
2003 (as Jet2.com)
AOC #598
Operating bases9
SubsidiariesJet2holidays
Fleet size90
Destinations72
Parent companyDart Group PLC (Holding Company)
HauptsitzLeeds, West Yorkshire[2]
Key people
Websitejet2.com

Jet2.com Limited,[3] often known simply as Jet2, is a British low cost airline that operates scheduled and chartered services. As of 2018, it is the third-largest scheduled airline in the UK.[4] Its main base and headquarters is at Leeds Bradford International Airport[with its head office in the city centre of Leeds],[5] with further bases at Manchester, Belfast International, Edinburgh, Newcastle, East Midlands, Glasgow, Alicante, Birmingham, Palma and London Stansted. 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.

Jet2.com also offers a charter service through its Jet2charters brand. Subsidiary company Jet2holidays offers ABTA and ATOL-protected package holidays with accommodation, transfers and Jet2.com flights to 81 city and sun destinations. Jet2.com and Jet2holidays had around 12,000 permanent and seasonal employees as of May 2018 seasonal employees are offered 75% contracts working 75% of the year with the remaining 25% without pay.

History

Origins

Jet2.com Limited is a subsidiary of the Dart Group PLC, an aviation services and distribution group. The airline began operating commercial aircraft in 1983 under the name Channel Express,[6] when it was purchased by the Dart Group's current Executive Chairman, Philip Meeson. Initially a freight operator, from 2001 the airline also began operating passenger charter services using Boeing aircraft to international destinations on mainly short and medium-haul routes.

Expansion

A Boeing 737-300 wearing the airline's former livery, taking off at Leeds Bradford Airport in 2008

In 2002, Channel Express established the Jet2.com brand from Leeds Bradford International Airport. The re-branded Jet2.com began operating as a leisure airline with its first flight from Leeds Bradford to Amsterdam on 12 February 2003, which operated a twice daily rotation with two Boeing 737-300 aircraft. During 2003, further scheduled flights were launched to seven European sun and city break destinations.

In 2004, a second base was opened at Manchester Airport with the airline operating from Terminal 1. The airline also acquired further Boeing 737 and 757 aircraft and opened a base at Belfast International Airport.

In 2005, Jet2.com opened a third 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. These aircraft helped the company to open two more bases at Blackpool (this base ceased operation in October 2014 due to airport closure) and Edinburgh.

In 2006 the company relocated from Bournemouth to Leeds and was renamed Jet2.com Limited.[7] In 2007, sister company Jet2holidays was launched offering customers and travel agents ATOL and ABTA protected package holidays.

The airline acquired further Boeing 737 and 757 aircraft and opened a base at Belfast International Airport. In November 2008 Jet2.com 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 airline's outside the North of England and Scotland. The base at East Midlands Airport opened in May 2010.[8]

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 from both Leeds Bradford and Newcastle during December 2010. Once again, Jet2.com re-introduced seasonal Christmas flights to New York during the 2012 winter season, however, this time flights would operate from Glasgow, East Midlands and Newcastle, in addition to Leeds.[9] The seasonal flights to New York have continued annually and now run from five of its UK bases.

In 2010, the airline announced an eighth base at Glasgow Airport would be opened in April 2011, with an initial nine routes.[10] The base was opened on 31 March, slightly earlier than scheduled.

In January 2011, the airline introduced second-hand Boeing 737-800 aircraft into its fleet. This provided aircraft larger than its existing 737-300s yet smaller than its 757-200 aircraft.

Jet2.com carried over 600,000 passengers in its first year of operation and over nine million passengers during 2017; its highest recorded total.[11]

On 17 September 2016, the airline received its first brand new Boeing 737-800 of the order for thirty made in 2015.[12] In September 2016, Jet2.com announced it would begin operations from Birmingham Airport and London Stansted Airport (the airline's first base in southern England) in March 2017.[13] In November 2016, Jet2.com opened its new maintenance hangar at Manchester Airport.[14] In December 2016, Jet2.com announced that it had ordered a further four Boeing 737-800 aircraft, bringing the total on order to 34.[15]

In 2019, Jet2.com received delivery of its 34th new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, taking its permanent and leased fleet size to 100.[16]

Company affairs

Low Fare Finder House, the head office of Jet2.com
Jet2.com Boeing 757-200 wearing the Jet2holidays livery

Jet2.com has its head office, Low Fare Finder House,[17] in the grounds of Leeds Bradford International Airport. In 2006, the facility began construction to accommodate pilots, cabin crew, and "behind the scenes" employees.[18] In April 2013, Jet2.com moved its Customer Contact Centre, Finance, IT, Human Resource operations, Commercial and Marketing Departments into a new office, The Mint, Leeds city centre.[19] The airline also opened a new £9.5 million training academy in September 2014 at Euroway Industrial Estate in Bradford, UK.[20]

On 29 April 2015, sister company Jet2CityBreaks was launched. In June 2017, Jet2.com launched Jet2Villas through its Jet2holidays brand.[21]

Statistics

Year Total passengers Total flights Load factor Passenger change (YoY)
2003 604,563 5,543 78.9% -
2004 1,211,139 11,266 79.1% Increase100.3%
2005 2,376,900 24,151 74.5% Increase096.3%
2006 2,831,922 26,808 77.2% Increase019.1%
2007 3,860,266 34,358 73.6% Increase036.3%
2008 3,454,578 27,851 79.4% Decrease010.5%
2009 3,089,340 24,282 81.6% Decrease010.6%
2010 3,338,921 24,708 86.3% Increase008.1%
2011 4,235,752 29,806 87.3% Increase026.9%
2012 4,776,257 32,520 89.0% Increase012.8%
2013 5,515,021 36,064 89.8% Increase015.5%
2014 6,007,549 39,362 89.0% Increase008.9%
2015 5,853,447 36,657 91.3% Decrease002.6%
2016 6,721,129 41,796 90.8% Increase0014.8%
2017 9,695,445 58,541 90.6% Increase0030.7%
2018 12,170,681 70,963 91.4% Increase0025.5%
Source: United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority[22]

Destinations

Main article: List of Jet2.com destinations

Jet2.com operates flights to 70 destinations across Europe, with a notable focus on Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, France, Greece, Italy and Turkey. Its main base is at Leeds Bradford Airport with eight additional operating bases across the United Kingdom alongside overseas bases at Alicante–Elche Airport and Palma de Mallorca Airport.[23] Two more UK bases, at Birmingham Airport and London Stansted Airport, were opened in March 2017.[24][25]

Fleet

Jet2.com Boeing 737-800
Jet2.com Boeing 757-200

Current fleet

As of August 2019, the Jet2.com fleet consists of the following aircraft:[26]

Jet2 fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Note
Boeing 737-300 9 — 148
Boeing 737-300QC 2 — 148 Quick Change-configuration for flexible passenger or cargo transportation.
Boeing 737-800 69 — 189
Boeing 757-200 11 — 235


Total 92 —


Historical fleet

Jet2 historical fleet
Aircraft Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 737-300SF[27] 2006 2017[28] One converted passenger aircraft.

References

  1. ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Terms & Conditions - Jet2.com". jet2.com.
  3. ^ jet.com - Terms retrieved 16 February 2019
  4. ^ "All Scheduled Services 2018 - Civil Aviation Authority (2019)" (PDF). CAA.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. pp. 97–98.
  6. ^ "Welcome - Dart Group PLC". dartgroup.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Companies House - English Company 02739537". Wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  8. ^ "BBC - New airline routes promise jobs". BBC News. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Cheap flights to & from New-York | Book Online Today!". Jet2.com. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Airline data annual reports 2017 | UK Civil Aviation Authority". www.caa.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Jet2 takes delivery of new aircraft as part of East Mids Airport expansion plans". Derbyshire Times. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  13. ^ "BARGAIN HOLIDAYS Jet2.com offers 50,000 flights for just £30 as it launches operations in the south of England from Stansted". The Sun. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  14. ^ "New Manchester Hangar is Open for Business - Jet2.com". www.jet2.com.
  15. ^ "Four More New Aircraft for Jet2.com and Jet2holidays". www.jet2.com (Press release). Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Jet2.com celebrates delivery of 100th aircraft". Travel Weekly. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Jet2.com Terms Of Use Archived 16 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine." Jet2.com. Retrieved on 31 December 2011. "Registered office: Low Fare Finder House, Leeds Bradford Airport, Leeds, LS19 7TU."
  18. ^ "Jet2.com builds on its foundations at Leeds Bradford - literally!" Jet2. 6 February 2006. Retrieved on 5 January 2011.
  19. ^ "Yorkshire Post - 200 jobs in pipeline as Jet2 moves to new office". Yorkshire Post Newspapers. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  20. ^ "Telegraph & Argus - New £9 million airline training base opens in Bradford". Telegraph & Argus. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  21. ^ "Jet2Villas launches". www.jet2.com (Press release). Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  22. ^ "UK Airline Data". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  23. ^ "About Us – Dart Group". Dart Group.
  24. ^ "Jet2.com and Jet2holidays Land at Birmingham Airport". Birmingham Airport. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  25. ^ "Jet2.com and Jet2holidays Go BIG for Summer 2017". Jet2.com. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  26. ^ "GINFO Search". Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 25 May 2019. Search term "JET2.COM" as the AOC Holder
  27. ^ "Airworthiness Approval Notes No 28585". Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 17 May 2004.
  28. ^ "jet2 accelerates b737 freighter fleet phase out". ch-aviation. 16 January 2017.

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