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'''Jet2.com''' Limited, often known simply as '''Jet2''', is a British ] and ] based at ], England. Jet2.com is the fourth largest scheduled airline in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airline_data/201505/04_1_All_Scheduled_Services_Table.pdf |title=Airline Data - Civil Aviation Authority |work=CAA.co.uk |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921080552/http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airline_data/201505/04_1_All_Scheduled_Services_Table.pdf |archivedate=21 September 2015 |df= }}</ref> Its main base and headquarters is at ],<ref>{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= ] | pages= 97–98 | date= 3 April 2007}}</ref> with further bases at ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. The company holds a ] Type A Operating Licence to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats. |
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Jet2.com also offers a charter service through its Jet2charters brand. Sister company '''Jet2holidays''' offers ABTA and ] protected package holidays with accommodation, transfers and Jet2.com flights to 47 city and sun destinations. Jet2.com had around 4,000 employees as of April 2015. |
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===Origins=== |
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Jet2.com Limited is a subsidiary of the ] PLC, an aviation services and distribution group. The airline began operating commercial aircraft in 1983 under the name ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dartgroup.co.uk|title=Welcome - Dart Group PLC|work=dartgroup.co.uk}}</ref> when it was purchased by the Dart Group’s current Executive Chairman, Philip Meeson. Initially a freight operator, from 2001 the airline also began operating passenger charter services using ] aircraft to international destinations on mainly short and medium haul routes. |
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In 2003 Channel Express established the Jet2.com brand from ]. The re-branded Jet2.com began operating as a leisure airline with its first flight from Leeds Bradford to ] on 12 February, which operated a twice daily rotation with two Boeing 737-300 aircraft. During 2003, further scheduled flights were launched to seven European sun and city break destinations. |
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In December 2004, a second base was opened at ] with the airline operating from Terminal 1. |
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In 2005, Jet2.com opened a third base at ]. Later in the year the company acquired two ] aircraft, enabling it to fly medium-long haul destinations as well as carrying more passengers on popular existing routes. These aircraft helped the company to open two more bases at ] (this base ceased operation in October 2014 due to airport closure) and ]. |
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In 2006 the company relocated from ] to ] and was renamed Jet2.com Limited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/b5eb00126cd2a251a7e4256abf67587c/compdetails |title=Companies House - English Company 02739537 |publisher=Wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> In 2007, sister company Jet2holidays was launched offering customers and travel agents ATOL and ABTA protected package holidays. |
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The airline acquired further Boeing 737 and 757 aircraft and opened a base at ]. In November 2008 Jet2.com changed its slogan from "The North's Low Cost Airline" to "Friendly Low Fares". This preceded the announcement of opening a hub at ], the first of the airline's outside the North of England and Scotland. |
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The base at East Midlands Airport opened in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8226042.stm |title=BBC - New airline routes promise jobs |publisher=BBC News |date=28 August 2009 |accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> |
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During November and December 2008 the airline operated four direct flights from Leeds Bradford to ] using Boeing 757-200s, with a series of flights also planned from both Leeds Bradford and Newcastle during December 2010. Once again, Jet2.com re-introduced seasonal Christmas flights to New York during the 2012 winter season, however, this time flights would operate from Glasgow, East Midlands and Newcastle, in addition to Leeds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jet2.com/destinations/new-york-flights.aspx |title=Cheap flights to & from New-York | Book Online Today! |publisher=Jet2.com |date= |accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> The seasonal flights to New York have continued annually from the four bases, with the addition of October flying dates in 2014. |
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In January 2011, the airline introduced second-hand Boeing 737-800 aircraft into its fleet. This provided aircraft larger than its existing 737-300s yet smaller than its 757-200 aircraft. The airline announced an eighth base at ] would be opened in April 2011, with an initial nine routes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jet2.com/News.aspx?id=774 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=14 September 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916175556/http://www.jet2.com/News.aspx?id=774 |archivedate=16 September 2010 }}</ref> The base was opened on 31 March, slightly earlier than scheduled. |
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The airline then announced new routes to Fuerteventura and Verona for summer 2014 and further new destinations were also added for summer 2015 including Antalya, Malta and Kefalonia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/business/11238585.Jet2_flies_high_with_three_more_routes/ |title=Telegraph & Argus - Jet2 flies high with three more routes |publisher=Telegraph & Argus |date=28 May 2014 |accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref> |
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Jet2.com carried over 600,000 passengers in its first year of operation and over six million passengers during 2014, its highest recorded total, though this reduced slightly to 5.85 million in 2015.<ref name="caa"/> |
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On 17 September 2016 the airline received its first brand new Boeing 737-800 of the order for thirty made in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/jet2-takes-delivery-of-new-aircraft-as-part-of-east-mids-airport-expansion-plans-1-8131972 |title=Jet2 takes delivery of new aircraft as part of East Mids Airport expansion plans |website=Derbyshire Times |publisher=Johnston Publishing Ltd. |date=17 September 2016 |access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref> In September 2016, Jet2.com announced it would begin operations from ] and ] (the airline's first base in southern England) in March 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1823066/jet2-com-offers-50000-flights-for-just-30-as-it-launches-operations-in-the-south-of-england-from-stansted/|title=BARGAIN HOLIDAYS Jet2.com offers 50,000 flights for just £30 as it launches operations in the south of England from Stansted|work=]|date=21 September 2016|access-date=27 September 2016}}</ref> In November 2016, Jet2.com opened its new maintenance hangar at Manchester Airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jet2.com/News/New_Manchester_Hangar_is_Open_for_Business/|title=New Manchester Hangar is Open for Business - Jet2.com|website=www.jet2.com}}</ref> In December 2016, Jet2.com announced that it had ordered a further four Boeing 737-800 aircraft, bringing the total on order to 34.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.jet2.com/News/Four_More_New_Aircraft_for_Jet2_com_and_Jet2holidays/|title=Four More New Aircraft for Jet2.com and Jet2holidays |website=www.jet2.com|language=en-gb|access-date=13 March 2017}}</ref> |
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Jet2.com has its head office, Low Fare Finder House,<ref>" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216183002/http://www.jet2.com/TermsOfUse.aspx |date=16 December 2011 }}." Jet2.com. Retrieved on 31 December 2011. "Registered office: Low Fare Finder House, Leeds Bradford Airport, Leeds, LS19 7TU."</ref> in the grounds of ]. In 2006, the facility began construction to accommodate pilots, cabin crew, and "behind the scenes" employees.<ref>"" Jet2. 6 February 2006. Retrieved on 5 January 2011.</ref> |
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In April 2013, Jet2.com moved its Customer Contact Centre, Finance, IT, Human Resource operations, Commercial and Marketing Departments into a new office, The Mint, Leeds city centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/business-news/200-jobs-in-pipeline-as-jet2-moves-to-new-office-1-5570268 |title=Yorkshire Post - 200 jobs in pipeline as Jet2 moves to new office |publisher=Yorkshire Post Newspapers|date=11 April 2013 |accessdate=11 April 2013}}</ref> |
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The airline also opened a new £9.5 million training academy in September 2014 at Euroway Industrial Estate in Bradford, UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/business/11483923.VIDEO__New___9_million_airline_training_base_opens_in_Bradford/ |title=Telegraph & Argus - New £9 million airline training base opens in Bradford |publisher=Telegraph & Argus |date=19 September 2014 |accessdate=19 September 2014}}</ref> |
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On 29 April 2015, sister company Jet2 City Breaks was launched. In June 2017, Jet2.com launched Jet2Villas, through its Jet2holidays brand.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.jet2.com/News/Jet2Villas_launches/|title=Jet2Villas launches|website=www.jet2.com|language=en-gb|access-date=8 July 2017}}</ref> |
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==Destinations== |
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Jet2.com operates flights to 58 destinations across Europe, with a notable focus on ], the ] and ]. Its largest base is at ] with eight additional operating bases across the ] alongside overseas bases at ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dartgroup.co.uk/About_Us/|title=About Us – Dart Group|work=Dart Group}}</ref> Two more UK bases, at ] and ], were opened in March 2017.<ref name="Birmingham">{{cite web|url= https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/media-information/news/2016/07/jet2com-and-jet2holidays-land-at-birmingham-airport/|title=Jet2.com and Jet2holidays Land at Birmingham Airport|publisher=]|date=7 July 2016|accessdate=25 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Almeria Thessaloniki">{{cite web|url= http://www.jet2.com/News/Jet2_com_and_Jet2holidays_Go_BIG_for_Summer_2017/|title= Jet2.com and Jet2holidays Go BIG for Summer 2017|publisher=Jet2.com|date=3 June 2016|accessdate=25 July 2016}}</ref> |
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warrington town center.<ref name="Birmingham">{{cite web|url= https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/media-information/news/2016/07/jet2com-and-jet2holidays-land-at-birmingham-airport/|title=Jet2.com and Jet2holidays Land at Birmingham Airport|publisher=]|date=7 July 2016|accessdate=25 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Almeria Thessaloniki">{{cite web|url= http://www.jet2.com/News/Jet2_com_and_Jet2holidays_Go_BIG_for_Summer_2017/|title= Jet2.com and Jet2holidays Go BIG for Summer 2017|publisher=Jet2.com|date=3 June 2016|accessdate=25 July 2016}}</ref> |
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