JetX Airlines
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| JetX Airlines | ||
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| IATA GX |
ICAO JXX |
Callsign JETBIRD |
| Founded | 2003 | |
| Hubs | Keflavík International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 5 | |
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| Parent company | Primera Travel Group (60%) | |
| Headquarters |  Keflavík, Iceland |
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| Key people | Andri Már Ingólfsson | |
| Website: http://www.jetx.is/ | ||
JetX Limited is a charter airline based in Iceland. The airline operates under Icelandic JAR-OPS 1 Air Operator's Certificate number IS-022 issued by the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration.[1]
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[edit] History
- 2008
June 2008 JetX starts full charter operation from Dublin with Boeing 737-800's.
- 2007
November 2007 JetX starts a long-haul operation on B767 from Scandinavia to Asia. Aircraft TF-LLA is on wet-lease from Loftleidir Icelandic.
September 2007 Offices in Kópavogur, Iceland, are doubled in size, number of office employees reaches 50. TF-JXA and TF-JXB are returned to SAS after over three years on Icelandic registry.
May 2007 TF-JXD and TF-JXE, Boeing 737-800s, are added to the fleet. Full charter operation from Stockholm and Gothenburg begins.
April 2007 TF-JXF, Boeing 737-800, is added to the fleet. Full charter operation from Keflavík begins.
- 2006
November 2006 JetX receives B737NG 180 minutes ETOPS operation approval issued by the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration.
September 2006 Boeing 737-800, OE-LNK, is dry leased in from Austrian Airlines.
February 2006 60% share in JetX is sold to Primera Travel Group.
January 2006 JetX expands and moved into new offices in Kopavogur, Iceland.
- 2005
July 2005 MD83, TF-JXC, added to the fleet.
- 2004
July 2004 JetX operates scheduled flights out of Forli, Italy until 31 October 2004.
June 2004 MD82, TF-JXB, added to the fleet.
May 2004 JetX receives its Air Operator's Certificate no. IS-022 from the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration. The first aircraft, MD82, TF-JXA, delivered and flight operations commence.
April 2004 JetX moves into new offices in Kopavogur, Iceland.
- 2003
September 2003 JetX is founded and registered in Iceland
[edit] Wet leases
JetX Airlines provides wet leases to the following companies:[2]
- Airlines
- Travel agencies
- 747 Travel
- Travel City Sports
- Iceland Express
- Urval-Utsyn
- Other
- A.C.V. Tour Operator
- Air Charter Connections
- Avico Conultants S.L.
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Ltd.
- Excel24
- Fly Services Ltd. / JP Aero Solutions
- Fly Ireland
- Hellenic Aircraft Leasing Ltd.
- K&K Airlines Services
[edit] Destinations
- Canada
- Iceland
- Dominican Republic
- Puerto Plata (Gregorio Luperón International Airport) (Seasonal)
- Jamaica
[edit] Fleet
The JetX Airlines operates the following aircraft (as of 8 June 2008):[4]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ JetX History. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
- ^ JetX Wet Lease Customers. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
- ^ MONTRÉAL-TRUDEAU WELCOMES THREE NEW CARRIERS (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
- ^ JetX Airlines fleet. CH-Aviation.
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