Jet2.com
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| IATA code : | LS |
| ICAO code : | EXS |
| Call sign : | CHANNEX |
| Founding: | 2002 |
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Leeds , UK
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| Home airport : | 8 British bases |
| Company form: | Limited |
| IATA prefix code : | 949 |
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| Frequent Flyer Program : | myJet2 |
| Fleet size: | 95 (+ 14 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.jet2.com |
Jet2.com is a UK low-cost airline based in Leeds with eight bases nationwide. The sister company jet2holidays.com operates aircraft with its own painting scheme .
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The airline emerged from Channel Express , founded in 1978 , which first flew under the name Express Air Services. It was founded in 2002 and started operations on February 12, 2003 from Leeds Airport .
In December 2004 Jet2.com opened a second base at Manchester Airport and another at Belfast Airport . Another fleet base followed in November 2005 at Blackpool Airport . It now has 8 bases in Great Britain and one in Alicante, Spain.
In spring 2014, the company announced the first long-haul flights to North America .
Destinations
Jet2.com currently operates bases in the UK airports of Belfast , East Midlands , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Leeds / Bradford , Manchester and Newcastle . From there it flies mainly to holiday destinations on the Mediterranean Sea and some European cities. For example Madeira , Ibiza , Kos , Paris and Budapest are served . In the German-speaking area, there are flights to Berlin , Nuremberg and Cologne in Germany, Salzburg and Vienna in Austria and Geneva in French-speaking Switzerland. Jet2.com also operated mail flights for Royal Mail until January 2017 and used a freight version of the Boeing 737 for this up to that point.
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As of March 2020, the Jet2.com fleet consists of 95 aircraft with an average age of 13.8 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Airbus A321-200 | 1 | 10 | 7 will be taken over by Thomas Cook Airlines ,
three are leased from Titan Airways and one from Hi Fly Malta |
218
220 |
| Airbus A330-200 | 1 | 2 | operated by AirTanker Services | 327 |
| Boeing 737-300 | 8th | eight with winglets fitted | 148 | |
| Boeing 737-300QC | 1 | 148 / Cargo | ||
| Boeing 737-800 | 74 | 2 | 71 equipped with winglets; four inactive | 189 |
| Boeing 757-200 | 10 | 5 equipped with winglets | 235 | |
| total | 95 | 14th |
See also
Web links
- Jet2.com website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Aerotelegraph.com - Ryanair obsolete by Jet 2, accessed on August 24, 2013
- ↑ jet2.com - Destination Map ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on June 26, 2015
- ↑ Jet2 Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
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