Jet2.com - United Kingdom Airlines

Who is Jet2.com?
How large is the company?
Jet2.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dart Group PLC. Dart Group PLC is an aviation services and distribution group whose shares have been quoted on the London Stock Market since 1988. Dart GroupÌs annual sales are in excess of £400 (ƒ505) million.

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When did the company start?
Jet2.com has been flying commercial aircraft for 30 years, exclusively under the name, Channel Express (Air Services) for the first 20 years. Originally operating up to 14 Dart Herald aircraft, the company introduced, during the 1990s, Lockheed Electras, Airbus A300B4 ÎEurofreightersÌ and, in 2001, Boeing 737-300s. Boeing 757-200s were introduced in Autumn 2005. Charter passenger operations started in 2001, offering high quality corporate and specialist services flying to over 100 destinations in 2008 alone and also manages a significant overnight freight contract for the Royal Mail.

Jet2.com has now flown over 8 million passengers. We commenced our low cost operations in February 2003, flying daily from Leeds Bradford International Airport, to and from Amsterdam. During 2003 scheduled flights were operated to 7 European business, city break and sun destinations, carrying more than 360,000 passengers in our first year. Now 21 Boeing 737-300 aircraft and 9 Boeing 757-200s (all of which are owned by the company), are located across our 6 UK bases and fly to 90 top sun, city and ski destinations in more than 15 European countries and 8 Mediterranean islands as well as Egypt and the USA.

Nearly 40 routes alone are offered from our headquarters at Leeds Bradford Airport and in September 2007 Jet2.com announced the launch of 8 new routes from Leeds Bradford including Cyprus, La Rochelle, Madrid and Sardinia which was soon followed by the announcement of flights to New York in May 2008 and Sharm El Sheikh in June 2008.

On 29th September 2004, Jet2.com announced its second base, Manchester Airport. In doing so Jet2.com unveiled the largest ever single commitment made to Manchester Airport by any scheduled airline. A number of aircraft are based at Manchester serving 15 international routes.

Jet2.com flies to 9 popular European destinations from Belfast International Airport including Malaga, Pisa and Tenerife as well as 2 domestic routes including flights between Belfast and Leeds Bradford flying up to three times daily.

Exactly a year to the date that Jet2.com announced low cost services from Manchester, it also unveiled plans to open its 5th base at Blackpool International Airport. The announcement, on 29th September 2005, brought with it the introduction of flights to Murcia, Palma and Belfast which has now increased to 9 European routes including Ibiza, a new route from Blackpool from July 2008.

Edinburgh International Airport announced as Jet2.comÌs 6TH Northern base with flights commencing in Spring 2006. Jet2.com now offer 7 European destinations from Edinburgh including 2 new routes, La Rochelle and Toulouse which started flying in May 2008.

In terms of e-commerce, the first seats went on sale online in November 2002. Now 97% of seats are currently booked online through our dedicated website, which also offers links for the sale of very competitively priced, insurance, car hire, hotels, airport transfers and travel exchange. Extra passenger services are continually being introduced. These include self check-in, pre-allocation of seats and Jet2Plus offering an enhanced travel experience.

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Awards
Readers of two of the UKÌs top travel trade and consumer publications have voted Jet2.com their favourite British airline.

Firstly, a poll of more than 25,000 members of Holiday Which? magazine resulted in Jet2.com being crowned the Best Scheduled British Airline 2005, and in addition the second best globally, that passengers are most likely to recommend to a friend. The survey proved that Jet2.com leads the low cost airline market in key areas such as convenience and standards of service.

In addition, the up-market title for independent travellers, Wanderlust, voted Jet2.com the top UK low cost operator in 2005 and, in fact, second best only to an Australian based low cost airline with only (2% of votes in the balance).

Jet2.com is also proud to have won the following prestigious awards:

WorldÌs Most Punctual Airline operating into AmsterdamÌs Schiphol Airport 2003.
Best Newcomer to Tourism in the White Rose Awards 2004 sponsored by the Yorkshire Tourist Board.
2005 Best Online Booking Service of any UK Airline.
The Guardian and The Observer Travel Awards, Best European Short Haul Airline 2006 and 2007.