Jet Asia Airways

Not to be confused with Jet Airways or Jetstar Asia Airways.
Jet Asia Airways
สายการบินเจ็ทเอเซีย
IATA ICAO Callsign
JF JAA JET ASIA
Founded February 2009
Hubs Suvarnabhumi Airport
Fleet size 6
Destinations 20
Headquarters The Offices at CentralWorld
Bangkok, Thailand
Key people Jacob Saba (President and CEO)
Employees 460 (2013)
Website flyjetasia.com

Jet Asia Airways (Thai: สายการบินเจ็ทเอเซีย) is a Thai airline based out of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. The fleet is composed exclusively of Boeing 767 airliners. Jet Asia Airways offers full-service scheduled and chartered services as well as long- and short-term ACMI flights (also known as wet leases).[1][2]

History

Jet Asia Airways was founded in February 2009 with two Boeing 767-200 aircraft,[3] and received its air operator's certificate (AOC) in October 2010.[4] It joined the Pacific Asia Travel Association on September 1, 2011.[5] Its first commercial flight was on September 17, 2011, between Bangkok’s Don Muang International Airport and Penang International Airport in Malaysia.[6]

From February through May 2012, Jet Asia flew daily charters between Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport and Tokyo’s Narita International Airport[7] on behalf of Japanese travel agency H.I.S.[8] Seasonal charters between Bangkok and Tokyo resumed on July 2012[8] and again in July 2013 with additional service to Osaka. Starting in January 2013, after partnering with CITS Air Service (a subsidiary of China International Travel Service, China’s largest integrated travel network),[9] the airline began operating charters to more than nine cities and offering regularly scheduled service between Bangkok, Phuket and six cities in China: Beijing, Nanjing, Chongqing, Tianjin, Shenyang and Changsha.[10]

In late 2014 the airline began four times weekly scheduled services to Tokyo (Narita) using Boeing 767-200 aircraft. Further scheduled services to be launched include Jakarta, Jeddah and Tianjin.[11]

Destinations

City Country IATA ICAO Airport
Bangkok  Thailand BKKVTBS Suvarnabhumi International Airport
Beijing  China PEKZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport
Changsha  China CSXZGHA Changsha Huanghua International Airport
Chongqing  China CKGZUCK Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport
Guiyang  China KWEZUGY Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport
Harbin  China HRBZYHB Harbin Taiping International Airport
Hohhot  China HETZBHH Hohhot Baita International Airport
Jakarta  Indonesia CGKWIII Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Lanzhou  China LHWZLLL Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport
Nanjing  China NKGZSNJ Nanjing Lukou International Airport
Osaka  Japan KIXRJBB Kansai International Airport
Phuket  Thailand HKTVTSP Phuket International Airport
Qingdao  China TAOZSQD Qingdao Liuting International Airport
Seoul  South Korea ICNRKSI Incheon International Airport
Shenyang  China SHEZYTX Shenyang Taoxian International Airport
Shijiazhuang  China SJWZBSJ Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport
Tianjin  China TSNZBTJ Tianjin Binhai International Airport
Tokyo  Japan NRTRJAA Narita International Airport
Zhengzhou  China CGOZHCC Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport

Fleet

A Jet Asia Boeing 767 taking off from Narita International Airport (April 2012)

As of October 2013, the fleet consists of six wide-body Boeing 767 aircraft.[12][13]

Jet Asia Airways Passenger Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
F C P Y
Total
Boeing 767-200
2
235
235
Boeing 767-200ER
3
235
235
Boeing 767-300ER
1
4
280
280
Total 6 4

References

  1. “JetAsia Airways Introduces Bangkok-Tokyo Daily Flights,” Pacific Asia Travel Association, January 20, 2012.
  2. Theodore Koumelis, “Mercator’s Avantik fuels Jet Asia’s expansion plans,” Travel Daily News, September 4, 2013.
  3. “Jet Asia Airways Consolidates,” Airliner World, April 2012.
  4. “About Us,” flyjetasia.com. Accessed September 30, 2013.
  5. “PATA Welcomes Jet Asia Airways,” Pacific Asia Travel Association, September 20, 2011.
  6. “Jet Asia Airways,” thai-aviation.net. Accessed May 31, 2012.
  7. “BFS Welcomed Inaugural Flight of JetAsia Airways as the Latest Customer,” Logistics Digest, February 13, 2012.
  8. 1 2 “H.I.S. exclusive! Jet Asia Airways flight to Japan will be operated from 13rd [sic] July 2012!” H.I.S. Accessed May 31, 2012.
  9. “Jet Asia Airways Appoints CITS Air Service Co., Ltd. as its China GSA,” PR Newswire, December 13, 2012.
  10. "Phuket China Routes Burst Open Via Jet Asia," Phuket Wan Tourism News, December 22, 2012.
  11. "Jet Asia Launches to Japan". Airliner World: 17. January 2015.
  12. "Jet Asia Airways Plans Extensive Chinese Network," routesonline.com, December 10, 2012.
  13. “Jet Asia Airways Receives Delivery of Fifth Boeing 767,” PR Newswire, September 23, 2013.

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