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Founded | 2005 (as Jett8 Airlines Cargo) |
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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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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.
Jett8 serve the following as of August 2009 [4]:
As of February 2011, the Jett8 Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft:[5]
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]
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