Interjet

Not to be confused with InterJet or Enerjet.
Interjet
IATA
4O		 ICAO
AIJ		 Callsign
INTERJET
Founded December 1, 2005
Hubs
  • Benito Juárez International Airport (Mexico City)
  • Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (Toluca)
Focus cities
  • General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (Monterrey)
Frequent-flyer program Club Interjet
Intertours
Fleet size 52 (+ 74 orders) and (+25 options)
Destinations 47
Company slogan Viajando en tu misma dirección
Parent company Aleman Group
Headquarters Mexico City, Mexico
Key people Miguel Aleman Magnani (President)
Jose Luis Garza Alvarez (CEO)
Javier Licea Ventura (COO)
Luis Alejandro Beristain Mercado (CFO)
Jose Luis Ramirez Magnani (Deputy Chairman)
Website interjet.com

ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V.,[1] operating as Interjet, is a Mexican low-cost airline with its headquarters in Lomas de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico.[2] The airline operates scheduled flights to Mexico (38), Caribbean (1), Central America (2), North America (5) and South America (1) out of Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City and Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport in Toluca. It is wholly owned by the Aleman Group.[3] It is one of the first regular low-cost airlines of Mexico and claims to offer the most extensive domestic network compared to its competitors, although Volaris has a much larger network.[4][5]

The airline described itself as the "JetBlue of Mexico".[6]

Interjet also operates several charter flights throughout the American continent, mainly in the Caribbean.[7][8]

History

Interjet started operations on December 1, 2005, with one Airbus A320 aircraft, which had previously belonged to C.A.I. Second (then Volare Airlines).[9] The airline placed an order for 25 new A320 aircraft to replace the second-hand ones, which was increased by another ten aircraft on January 10, 2010. After the demise of Mexico City-based competitor Aero California in August 2008, Interjet took over the vacant slots and established flight services to Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City.

On July 21, 2011, Interjet made the first flight in America (and the fourth worldwide) using biofuel, on the Mexico City – Tuxtla Gutierrez route, with an Airbus A320-200 registration XA-ECO.

As of March 2015, Oneworld seems to be interested in Interjet becoming a member to fill in the void left by Mexicana de Aviación. Several airlines have since began codeshare agreements with Interjet.[10] There would need to be many changes, before Interjet could officially join Oneworld.[11]

International services

On July 1, 2011, Interjet began its first International (and Central America) destination to La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City from Benito Juárez International Airport.[12]

On February 23, 2012, Interjet started its first U.S. destination to Miami International Airport from Benito Juárez International Airport.[13]

On June 21, 2012, Interjet began its second Central America destination to San José de Costa Rica from Benito Juárez International Airport.[14]

On August 2, 2012, Interjet began its second U.S. destination to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City from Benito Juárez International Airport.[15]

On August 27, 2012, Interjet received permission to fly to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California from Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport in Guadalajara and Benito Juárez International Airport. The airline began daily scheduled flights on October 11, 2012.[16] On June 13, 2014, Interjet announced that they will end John Wayne Airport flights form July 20, 2014.[6]

Interjet intended to serve flights from Toluca to various cities in the United States, including O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas and San Antonio International Airport in San Antonio, as of 2013, only flights to Las Vegas and San Antonio had begun.

Interjet began flights to San Antonio International Airport and Havana from Benito Juárez International Airport.

On November 15, 2012 the airline began flights to Las Vegas from Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport in Toluca.[17]

On July 10, 2013, Interjet began service to El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá from Benito Juárez International Airport.[18]

On June 10, 2014, Interjet and Iberia began a codeshare agreement on their flights.[19]

On October 23, 2014, Interjet began service to Houston - George Bush Intercontinental Airport from Monterrey International Airport.[20]

Destinations

An Interjet Airbus A320, performing its first biofuel flight, seen in July 2011
An Interjet A320 taxiing to the runway
Interjet Sukhoi Superjet 100 at Toluca International Airport
Main article: Interjet destinations

Interjet flies between locations in Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala and the United States from its main hubs, Mexico City and Toluca.

Codeshare agreements

Interjet has codeshare agreements with the following airlines, all of whom are members of the Oneworld alliance:

Fleet

As of October 2014, the Interjet fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 5.7 years:[26]

Interjet Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Options Passengers Note
Airbus A320-200 42 4 5 150 XA-ECO in biofuel livery. One jet in storage.
Airbus A320neo — 40 10
TBA
Airbus A321neo — 10 — TBA
Sukhoi Superjet 100/95 12[27] 19[28] 10 93[28] North American launch customer.
Total 54 73 25 '

Club Interjet

Club Interjet logo

Interjet has a distinctive Frequent-flyer program in which it rewards its members with cash instead of miles or kilometres.[29]

References

  1. ↑ "Información de estacionamiento Ciudad de México". Interjet.com.mx. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  2. ↑ "Política de privacidad de la información proporcionada". Interjet.com.mx. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  3. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 94.
  4. ↑ Interjet Presentation - SuperJet International. YouTube. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Volaris Corporate Presentation" (PDF). Ir.volaris.com. December 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ann Milbourn, Mary (13 June 2014). "Interjet ends Mexico flights at John Wayne". The Orange County Register (Orange County Register). Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Vacation Express starting charter flights to Mexico, Dominican Republic, out of Cleveland". cleveland.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Interjet from Cleveland to Cancun". tripadvisor.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Interjet receives first new aircraft". Airliner World. August 2007. p. 18.
  10. ↑ "Discussion - Business Traveller". businesstraveller.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "MÉXICO - Aviación - Page 249 - SkyscraperCity". skyscrapercity.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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  16. ↑ "Mexico airline Interjet begins O.C. service". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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  19. ↑ "Iberia firma un acuerdo de código compartido con la mexicana Interjet – Aeroespacial – Noticias, última hora, vídeos y fotos de Aeroespacial en lainformacion.com". Noticias.lainformacion.com. 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  20. ↑ "Interjet Launches Nonstop Service to Monterrey, Mexico Oct. 23". Escape Houston. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "American Airlines and Interjet Announce Codeshare Agreement". Yahoo Finance. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  22. ↑ Reed Business Information Limited. "Interjet and BA plan to codeshare". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  23. ↑ Roberto Valadez. "Interjet y British Airways inician acuerdo interlineal". Milenio. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  24. ↑ "Iberia, Interjet sign codeshare agreement". Air Transport World. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  25. ↑ "FsMex.com-Interjet tendría con LAN un código compartido; abordaría a Oneworld". FsMex.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  26. ↑ "Interjet Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  27. ↑ "Interjet Fleet - Airfleets aviation". airfleets.net. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "SJI: new SSJ100 order from Interjet. Five options converted into firm". superjetinternational.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  29. ↑

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