JetSmart
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| IATA code : | YES |
| ICAO code : | YAT |
| Call sign : | ROCKSMART |
| Founding: | 2017 |
| Seat: | Santiago de Chile |
| Home airport : | Santiago de Chile airport |
| Fleet size: | 17 (+ 76 orders) |
| Aims: | 32 |
| Website: | jetsmart.com |
JetSmart is a Chilean low-cost airline based in Santiago . It was founded by the US private equity company Indigo Partners , which also controls the US Frontier Airlines , the Mexican Volaris and the Hungarian airline Wizz Air . The main base of JetSmart is Santiago de Chile Airport . The airline started commercial operations on July 25, 2017 with the Santiago - Calama connection .
history
JetSmart applied for their Air Operator Certificate (AOC) on January 26, 2017; it was granted in June 2017. It started operations with three Airbus A320ceo with flights within Chile. It is planned to expand operations to the South American market. In the future, JetSmart plans to use the new A320neo .
On December 4, 2019, Norwegian Air Argentina was sold by the parent company Norwegian Air Shuttle to JetSmart for an undisclosed amount, which will take over the operation of the airline with immediate effect. For the months after the sale, JetSmart had planned to phase out the Norwegian brand and to integrate the airline into its own Argentinian airline, JetSmart Argentina . Norwegian Air Argentina’s three Boeing 737 aircraft, owned by Norwegian Air Shuttle but registered in Argentina, were not among the company's assets that were sold to JetSmart. They are scheduled to return to Norwegian Air Argentina’s European operations, while JetSmart will use Airbus A320 Family aircraft in their place .
Destinations
JetSmart plans to expand the fleet to up to 10 aircraft in 2018. Main competitors are LATAM Airlines , Sky Airline and Latin American Wings.
JetSmart started in 2017 with connections to Antofagasta ( Antofagasta Airport ), Calama ( Calama Airport ), Copiapó ( Desierto de Atacama Airport ), Concepción ( Concepción Airport ), La Serena ( La Florida Airport ), Puerto Montt ( El Tepual International Airport ), Santiago ( Santiago de Chile Airport , Hub ), Temuco ( La Araucanía International Airport ), Punta Arenas ( Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport |), Iquique ( Diego Aracena International Airport ), all located in Chile, and Lima ( Jorge Chávez International Airport ) in Peru .
As of 2020, the airline operates to a total of 32 airports in Chile , Argentina , Peru , Brazil and Colombia .
fleet
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As of March 2020, the JetSmart fleet consists of 17 aircraft with an average age of 1.4 years:
| Aircraft type | number | Ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 11 | three operated under the JetSmart Argentina brand | 186 | |
| Airbus A320neo | 6th | 50 | Delivery starts in August 2019 | - open - |
| Airbus A321neo | 14th | Delivery starts in 2020 | - open - | |
| Airbus A321XLR | 12 | - open - | ||
| Total | 17th | 76 |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chile's JetSMART launches service . FlightGlobal. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ↑ DGAC otorga autorización a línea aérea JetSmart para iniciar operaciones en Chile . La Tercera. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ↑ Chile's new low-cost airline JetSmart plans to sell $ 1.50 tickets . Reuters. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ Norwegian sells Argentinian unit to JetSmart. In: flightglobal.com. December 4, 2019, accessed December 23, 2019 .
- ^ Norwegian Air sells Argentinian subsidiary to JetSMART. In: reuters.com. December 4, 2019, accessed December 23, 2019 .
- ↑ JetSMART's debut in Chile offers a test case for LCC staying power in Latin America . CAPA Center for Aviation. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ↑ JetSMART Fleet Details and History. Retrieved April 25, 2019 .
- ↑ worldairlinenews.com