Jetairfly

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Not to be confused with Jet Air, Jet Airways, or Jetair (Germany).
Jetairfly
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IATA ICAO Callsign
TB JAF BEAUTY
Founded 2003 (as TUI Airlines Belgium)
Commenced operations 23 November 2005 (as Jetairfly)
Hubs Brussels Airport
Focus cities
Alliance TUI Airlines
Fleet size 21
Destinations 105
Parent company TUI Group
Headquarters Zaventem, Belgium
Key people Elie Bruyninckx, President
Website www.jetairfly.com

Jetairfly is a Belgian airline with its administrative headquarters in Ostend, Belgium and its centre of flight operations at Brussels Airport, Belgium.[1] It operates scheduled passenger flights. Officially known as TUI Airlines Belgium, it adopted its new trading name Jetairfly in November 2005.

Jetairfly is a part of the largest leisure fleet in Europe: together with six other airlines which are linked together by the TUI Airlines alliance, which is part of TUI Group, one of the largest tourism groups in the world. TUI Airlines incorporates Jetairfly, TUI Airlines Netherlands (The Netherlands), Corsair International (France), TUIfly (Germany), Thomson Airways (United Kingdom) and TUIfly Nordic (Sweden), with a combined fleet of more than 150 aircraft.

History

TUI Airlines Belgium was created in November 2003 as home carrier for tour operator Jetair, part of tourism group TUI AG. The original plans were to operate two aircraft, but after charter company Sobelair (home carrier for Jetair) ceased its operations, Jetairfly started its operations with 5 aircraft.

On 23 November 2005, Jetairfly acquired its current name, as part of the rebranding around Belgium's number 1 tourism brand Jetair.

In January 2012 Jetairfly announced that Jet4you, a low-cost Moroccan carrier and also a subsidiary of the TUI AG Group, would be fully integrated in Jetairfly. The merger was complete in April 2012.[2] In March 2012 Jetairfly officially became a full scheduled airline, while previously a part of their flights were conducted as charter flights. As a result, all flights can be booked in both directions even by non-EU citizens.[3]

In the beginning of 2013, Jetairfly was the first leisure airline worldwide to introduce the Embraer E-Jet 190 in its fleet. In the autumn of 2013, the new office building and maintenance hangar "Jetairport" was inaugurated at Brussels Airport. In December 2013, Jetairfly was the first and only Belgian airline to introduce the brand new Boeing 787-8 "Dreamliner".

On 14 November 2014 Jetairfly sealed a wet-lease deal to provide up to four aircraft with crew to operate on behalf of ECAir, the flag carrier of the Republic of the Congo, from mid 2015 on.[4] [5]

In 2015 it was the first and only Belgian airline with an ISO 14001 certification for their focus on sustainability and the smallest ecological footprint.[6] [7]

On 13 May 2015, it was announced by the TUI Group that all five of TUI's airline subsidiaries will be named TUI, whilst keeping their separate Air Operator's Certificate, taking over three years to complete. Jetairfly's name is scheduled to be changed during 2016.[8]

Service

Jetairfly head office in Ostend

Short- and medium-haul

On short-and medium haul flights, Jetairfly offers three kinds of services on their all-Economy Class aircraft:

  • Economy Class with Buy on board service offering snacks and drinks for purchase.
  • Economy Class with standard service including catering.
  • Economy Class with Service Plus/VIP Selection, offering premium meals, free alcohol, newspapers. At Brussels airport access to the VIP lounge, separate check-in and security fast lane.[9]

Long-haul

Boeing 767
  • Economy Class with standard service including catering.
  • Comfort Class, offering lounge access and security fast lane in Brussels, premium meals including free alcohol, newspapers, more legroom and amenity kits.
Boeing 787[10]
  • Economy Class with standard service including catering.
  • Economy+ Class with more legroom and enhanced services.
  • Premium Club offering lounge access and security fast lane in Brussels, premium meals including free alcohol, newspapers, more spacious seats and amenity kits.

On all long-haul flights there is AVOD for every passenger.

Destinations

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Main article: Jetairfly destinations

Jetairfly has a network of 180 routes to more than 100 airports in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Caribbean, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Africa and the United States. The airline's home base is Brussels Airport, but flights are also operated from 8 other bases: Brussels South Charleroi Airport, Liege Airport, Ostend-Bruges International Airport, Antwerp Airport, Lille Airport in France, Mohammed V International Airport Casablanca and Marrakesh Menara Airport in Morocco.[11]

Fleet

Jetairfly Boeing 787-8

The Jetairfly fleet includes the following aircraft, as of November 2015:[12]

Type Number Orders Seats
Boeing 737-700 5 1 148
Boeing 737-800 11 3 189
Boeing 737 MAX — TBA1 NNB
Boeing 767-300ER 1 — 283
Boeing 787-8 1 — 300
Embraer 190 3 — 112
Total 21 4

1 From an order of 60 aircraft by TUI Group[13]

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ "TUIfly Academy Brussels." Jetairfly. Retrieved on 23 October 2009.
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  3. ↑ http://pers.jetair.be/pressroom/persberichten/20120322_Jetairfly.pdf Press release 22 March 2012. (Dutch)
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