MAXjet Airways

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MAXjet

IATA MY	ICAO MXJ	Callsign MAXJET
Founded		2003
Hubs		London Stansted
Frequent flyer program		MAXflier
Member lounge		departure lounge
Fleet size		6
Destinations		4
Parent company		MAXjet Airways, Inc
Headquarters		Dulles, Virginia
Key people		William D. Stockbridge, CEO
Website: http://www.maxjet.com

MAXjet Airways is a United States-based all-business class, low fare transatlantic airline serving London's Stansted Airport. It offers passengers airport lounge access (flagship lounge at Stansted; shared, non-proprietary at JFK, Dulles and Las Vegas), premium complimentary meals and beverages and on-demand in-flight entertainment. MAXjet's corporate slogan changed from "It's just good business" to "Affordable Business Class." sometime in mid-2006

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 In-Flight Services
5 See also
6 External links
7 References

[edit] History

MAXjet received FAA certification in August 2005 and operated its first service from New York to London on November 1, 2005. Originally called Skylink Airways, and founded in 2003, the airline was conceived as a transatlantic low-cost carrier that would code share with domestic low-cost carriers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. It changed its name to avoid a potential conflict with a similarly-named Canadian travel services company.

During its start-up phase, management expressed concern over the economics of applying the low cost carrier model to transatlantic routes and instead repositioned the airline as a premium all-business-class service. MAXjet's target market is premium economy and price-sensitive business class passengers.

The success of MAXjet’s all-business-class service continues to grow as the company experienced load factors of more than 70 percent (July 2006) on its route between New York and London Stansted. On its Washington to London base route (launched April 3, 2006) MAXjet reported a 60 percent average load factor(July 2006) all according to the CEO press release dated August 9, 2006 located on the company website.

As well as the scheduled routes, MAXjet’s luxury charter operations continue to grow with the acquisition of more aircraft, which are expected to enter service between September 2006 and March 2007. Some aircraft will focus on the growing charter business as well as being used as support on the New York, Washington and Las Vegas scheduled routes. The airline’s luxury charter business, which has experienced significant growth, transports groups to various destinations throughout Europe, the Caribbean and the U.S. Recent charters include Stockholm to Las Vegas, and England to Washington D.C. and Los Angeles including a charter for the 2006 U.S Ryder Cup team. The Company has a strong customer base that includes corporations, government entities and professional sports teams.

[edit] Destinations

Presently, MAXjet serves London Stansted from New York's JFK Sundays to Fridays and Washington DC's Dulles with four flights weekly (increasing to 6 flights weekly, Sunday to Friday, from March 15, 2007). A twice weekly service linking Las Vegas with London Stansted commenced November 2006.

The airline is evaluating future services linking London Stansted to Boston, Chicago, Orlando, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas, with further expansion into Continental Europe.

[edit] Fleet

MAXjet Boeing 767-200

As of August 2006 the MAXjet fleet consists of the following aircraft ^[1] :

2 Boeing 767-200
4 Boeing 767-200ER

MAXjet's aircraft are configured with 102 seats, with an average fleet age of 21.3 years as of August 2006. The company has agreed terms for the acquisition of 2 more Boeing 767 aircraft (July 2006) which it intends to bring in to service by early 2007. MAXjet hopes to have a total of 11 aircraft in service by the end of 2007.

[edit] In-Flight Services

MAXjet seats.

MAXjet's aircraft are fitted with traditional leather business-class "cradle" seats with a 60 inch seat pitch (distance between a seat and the same point on the seat in front of it) and a 160-degree recline.

On-demand entertainment, which includes 100 hours of movies, television programs and music videos as well as pure music audio content, is available via individual portable media players, which are provided before each flight. Although the seats are new, MAXjet aircraft have a relatively old style cabin fit and as such the seats are not equipped with conventional built-in entertainment systems.

The airline's catering uses restaurant china, metal cutlery and stemmed glassware, and offers complimentary premium liquor, beer, champagne and a regularly changing wine selection.