Jett8 Airlines

Jett8 Airlines
IATA
JX
ICAO
JEC
Callsign
TAIPAN
Founded 2005
(as Jett8 Airlines Cargo)
Ceased operations 31st May,2011
Hubs Singapore Changi Airport
Fleet size 1
Destinations 4
Headquarters Singapore
Key people Tan H K Louis (Chairman and CEO)
Website jett8airlines.com

Jett8 Airlines Pte Ltd is a cargo airline based in Singapore which was incorporated on the 8th of March 2005. It is a privately-owned airline with strategic alliance partnerships with Nippon Cargo Airlines and NYK Line. It flew its first commercial flight on June 23, 2007 from Singapore to Hong Kong,[1] and currently flies scheduled routes to Hong Kong, Dubai and Amsterdam.

Jett8 Airlines did not get its Air Operator's Certificate renewed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore when it expired on 31st of May 2011 and has ceased operations.[2]

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History

By Spring 2007, Jett8 was expected to obtain from the Government of Singapore an air-operator's certificate and the air-traffic rights required to operate the company's scheduled international network.[3] The airline, headed by Louis Tan, a former Singapore Airlines pilot, was targeting the cargo-charter market, to avoid head-on competition with Singapore Airlines Cargo and other scheduled cargo airlines. On May 31, 2007, Jett8 took delivery of its first aircraft, a Boeing 747-200SF previously operated by Nippon Cargo Airlines.

Jett8 Airlines was previously known as Jett8 Airlines Cargo when it was incorporated in 2005. However, on the 1st of April 2010, the company was renamed Jett8 Airlines.

Destinations

Jett8 serve the following as of August 2009 [4]:

Fleet

As of February 2011, the Jett8 Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft:[5]

Accidents and Incidents

On December 17, 2009: A Jett8 Airlines B747-200F, 9V-JEB, experienced an uncontained engine failure of its number four engine while on climb out of Singapore to its destination Bangkok. The crew returned to and landed in Singapore without further incident.[6]

External links

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Companies portal
Aviation portal

References