Joon
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| IATA code : | JN |
| ICAO code : | JON |
| Call sign : | JOON |
| Founding: | 20th July 2017 |
| Operation stopped: | June 26, 2019 |
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Paris , France
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| Home airport : | Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport |
| Company form: | SA |
| Management: | Jean-Michel Mathieu ( CEO ) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Flying Blue |
| Fleet size: | 16 (+ 10 orders) |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | [1] |
| Joon ceased operations June 26, 2019. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Joon was a French airline based in Paris and based at Charles de Gaulle Airport . It was the youngest subsidiary of Air France and began operating on December 1, 2017. Flight operations ceased on June 26, 2019.
history
On November 3, 2016, Jean-Marc Janaillac , the then CEO of the Air France-KLM Group, announced that he would offer a new airline from 2017. Until its official launch on July 20, 2017, the company operated under the working name Boost .
According to Air France, the name Joon is similar to the French word jeune (“young”), is “short, powerful and international” and marks a “lifestyle brand” for a global audience. The marketing agency responsible for the name hopes that the name will be pronounced like the English word June in accordance with English writing habits (see moon ) and that it will be reminiscent of June, but also hopes that it will be reminiscent of the French word jeune .
Joon does not want to position itself as a low-cost airline , but only to fly “cheaper”. With this ambitious project, Air France is targeting Generation Y , i.e. 18 to 35-year-olds, and is responding to competition from the Gulf States by lowering operating costs .
This was preceded by an agreement signed in July 2017 between Air France, its pilots and the unions, which made it possible to limit the Joon fleet to 18 medium-haul and 10 long-haul aircraft. In return, Air France itself will not expand its long-haul fleet until 2020. Joon planes are flown by Air France pilots on a voluntary basis, with the same working conditions and compensation for them. However, flight attendants are recruited externally, with up to 45% lower costs compared to the parent company. In addition, part of the ground staff is to be outsourced. Compared to Air France, this should save 15–18% in operating costs.
The new airline wanted to be the “digital laboratory” and experimental field for the entire Air France-KLM group. New things should be tried out. So Joon offered z. B. instead of the first only the business class . Originally geared towards pure long-haul operations, the new Air France subsidiary also served medium- haul flights and feeder flights for Air France.
Joon wanted to take off from Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport in autumn 2017 and operate a total of 28 aircraft (10 long-haul and 18 medium-haul jets) by summer 2020. At the beginning, six Airbus A321s were used to fly to destinations in Europe , the long haul followed in summer 2018 with four Airbus A340s . The A340 fleet should be supplemented with new Airbus A350 aircraft from winter 2019 and then gradually replaced. On January 10, 2019, Air France announced that Joon would instead cease operations in 2019, and the employees are to be gradually transferred to Air France. The flights are also to be transferred to Air France.
In December 2018, the newly appointed AirFranceKLM CEO, Benjamin Smith, began to speculate that the brand would soon be abandoned. It is difficult to convey to the board of directors and shareholders, as well as employees and customers what the real advantage of this brand is. On January 10, 2019, the decision of the corporate management not to operate the Joon brand beyond 2019 was announced. The aircraft and the flight attendants employed will be gradually integrated into Air France.
On June 26, 2019, flight operations for Joon were finally ceased.
Destinations
Joon flew to international destinations. In Europe there were flights to Berlin , Istanbul, Lisbon , Oslo and Barcelona , among others . From April 2018, Joon began its long-haul service to Cape Town and Quito , with further long-haul routes to follow over the summer.
fleet
When the flight operations ceased, Joon consisted of 16 aircraft with an average age of 15.2 years.
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Eco ) |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 7th | 174 | ||
| Airbus A321-200 | 5 | 212 | ||
| Airbus A340-300 | 4th | 278 | ||
| Airbus A350-900 | 10 | Delivery was expected to take place in 2019 and replace the Airbus A340 | - open - | |
| total | 16 | 10 |
See also
Web links
- Joon website (German, English, French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Start approval for Joon - an airline for hipsters (and for the shareholders) aero.de from November 30, 2017
- ↑ How Air France's Joon ran out of days. In: aerotelegraph.com. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Air France and KLM are planning a new airline. In: aerotelegraph.com. November 3, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Air France presents subsidiary "Joon". In: austrianaviation.net. July 20, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Air France Plans Lower-Cost Airline to Attract Millennials bloomberg.com, July 20, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Joon - what good is the new low-cost subsidiary of Air France?
- ↑ The new Air France subsidiary is called Joon handelszeitung.ch from July 20, 2017
- ↑ Air France-KLM's new 'Boost' airline to be aimed at millennials, but flown by same old pilots centreforaviation.com of May 21, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Pilots vote for Air France's cheap brand on faz.net from July 17, 2017
- ↑ a b Air France also sends cheap subsidiary to South America. In: aerotelegraph.com. May 17, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017 .
- ↑ The lights will go out at Joon in 2019. aero.de, January 10, 2019, accessed on January 10, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Air France stamps Joon again. aeroTELEGRAPH.com , January 10, 2019, accessed on January 10, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Jakob Wert: Air France confirms plans to close down Joon brand. In: International Flight Network. January 10, 2019, accessed January 10, 2019 (UK English).
- ↑ How Air France's Joon ran out of days. In: aerotelegraph.com. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2017 .
- ^ Air France has launched Joon, the low-cost airline “with a new generation travel experience”. In: aviation24.be. Retrieved March 26, 2018 .
- ^ Destinations Joon. AirFrance.fr , accessed January 10, 2019 .
- ↑ JOON Fleet Details and History. Retrieved June 29, 2018 .
