CanJet

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Canjet Airlines

IATA C6	ICAO CJA	Callsign Canjet
Founded		June 20, 2002
Fleet size		6
Destinations		As chartered
Parent company		IMP Group
Headquarters		Halifax, Nova Scotia
Key people		Kenneth C. Rowe (CEO)
Website: http://www.canjet.ca

CanJet Airlines Boeing 737 arriving in Toronto.

CanJet is a low-cost chartered airline based in Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada at the Halifax International Airport in the Halifax Regional Municipality. CanJet is wholly owned by I.M.P. Group International.

On September 5, 2006, CanJet announced it would cease scheduled flights by September 10, 2006, but will continue to operate as a chartered airline.[1] Prior to this announcement, CanJet served 15 cities in Canada and the United States as a discount passenger airline.

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
- 3.1 Historical fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

[edit] 1999-2001: before merger with Canada 3000

The airline was established in 1999 and started operations on 5 September 2000. It was launched as a division of IMP Group and merged with Canada 3000 in May 2001 shortly before Canada 3000's bankruptcy.

[edit] 2002-2006: scheduled operations

CanJet was successfully relaunched on June 20, 2002 as an independent airline. Originally the airline flew to three destinations, but has quickly expanded. Currently Canjet operated a fleet of nine Boeing 737-500, eight of which were formerly operated by United Airlines and one Boeing 737-300 series aircraft. These airframes date back to the early 1990s. There were plans to expand the airline's fleet of Boeing 737-500 aircraft to 20 by 2006, however this did not materialize.

In April 2004, CanJet launched services at Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport, Hamilton to fill a void left after WestJet shifted its eastern Canada hub to Toronto Pearson International Airport.

In May 2005, the company began to expand into the western Canadian market with a flight between Calgary and Toronto, with plans to slowly expand to other western markets. In the wake of the bankruptcy of Jetsgo the company hopes to fill some of that company's market share, but also hopes to expand slowly to avoid the fate of other companies such as Canada 3000. In June 2005, two weeks after Air Canada Jazz announced new service to Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport from Montreal and Ottawa, CanJet announced it would end its service to Hamilton. In August 2005, CanJet announced new service to Fort Lauderdale, Florida from Toronto.

In May 2006, CanJet and Harmony Airways signed a marketing pact to allow greater cross country service. CanJet would end flights west of Toronto, and focus more on Atlantic flights. This pact allowed consumers to book flights with both companies and have their luggage transferred between the two airlines.

[edit] 2006-present: charter operations

On September 5, 2006, CanJet announced that as of September 10, 2006, they would be cancelling all regularly scheduled service and focus instead on charter service. The reason cited for this sudden announcement was the highly competitive nature of the airline industry in Canada, and the resulting slim profit margins. Ken Rowe, I.M.P. Chairman and CEO, said, "with the rising business risks of operating a scheduled airline, I.M.P. has decided to suspend year-round scheduled airline service and focus on their increasing charter business." CanJet has stated that any passengers who have bought tickets for travel dates after September 10, 2006 will either be provided with a full refund, or will be provided with alternate travel arrangements.

On September 27, 2006, CanJet announced that they were rehiring a small number of their pilots and flight attendants to work thse charters; about 20% of the number initially laid-off on September 10, 2006.