Jet4you
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| Founded | 2006 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 26 February 2006 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | April 2012 (merged withJetairfly) | ||||||
| Operating bases | Mohammed V International Airport | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 38 | ||||||
| Parent company | TUI Travel PLC | ||||||
| Headquarters | Casablanca,Morocco | ||||||
| Key people | Jawad Ziyat (CEO)[1] | ||||||
| Website | www.jet4you.com | ||||||
Jet4youwas alow-cost airlinebased inCasablanca,Morocco.[2]It operated services between Moroccan cities and destinations inFrance,Belgium,Germany,Switzerland,Spain,Ireland(Sunway charter) andItaly.Its main base was CasablancaMohammed V International Airport,with focus cities atAgadir,Nador,ParisandTangier.[3]
History
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Launch
[edit]The airline started operations on 26 February 2006. It was owned byTUI Travel(40%), Attijariwafa Bank (20%), Investima-SGMB (20%) and MM.Marrache et Benabbes Taarji (20%). The shareholders jointly established a Moroccan company, Societe d'Investissement Aerienne, the investment vehicle behind the airline.[3]
Jet4You was directed byJawad Ziyat.The objective was to widen the network to other European countries and reach 1.5 million passengers by 2010, with a fleet of ten aircraft and a 395-strong team.[citation needed]
Short-haul flight ban
[edit]In 2006,WalloonMinister of TransportAndré Antoineprohibited Jet4you from making a stopover inLiège,Belgiumduring aCharleroi–Casablancaflight, arguing that short-haul flights of fewer than 100 kilometres caused too much environmental damage. In December 2006, theEuropean Commissionconfirmed that the ban did not violate any aviation agreements with Morocco, with CommissionerJacques Barrotstating: 'The national authorities are allowed to take such measures, especially for environmental reasons.'[4]Jet4you sued theWalloon Government,but in November 2008 theCourt of First Instancein Namur confirmed the legality of the short-haul ban, rejecting Jet4you's damages claim and ordering the airline to pay 15,000 euros for court proceedings. Minister Antoine marked this as a victory and again urged theFederal Government of Belgiumto introduce a countrywide prohibition on short-haul flights (which had been considered by the previous Federal Transport Minister,Renaat Landuyt).[5]
Takeover by TUI
[edit]On 17 June 2008, it was announced that TUI Travel had taken 100% ownership of the airline,[6]and on 18 July 2009, TUI Travel signed a letter of intent to sell a majority stake in Jet4you to Royal Air Maroc.[7]
Jet4you adopted theIATAcode 8J from the now defunct Russian airlineKomiinteravia.(This code was subsequently removed from Jet4you and assigned to Línea Aérea EcoJet S.A.)[citation needed]
On 10 January 2012, it was announced that Jet4you would be completely integrated into the Belgian companyJetairfly(now calledTUI fly Belgium). Jetairfly took over all aircraft, personnel and routes from Jet4you. The integration into Jetairfly was finalised in 2012, and all operations transferred in April 2012. All aircraft are now in Jetairfly colours, and all flights are booked through Jetairfly.[citation needed]
Fleet
[edit]Jet4You ceased operations in 2011, and merged with Jetairfly. For some other fleet information, seeJetairFly's fleet.[8]
References
[edit]- ^Jawad Ziyat, Jet4you CEO information
- ^"We're at your serviceArchived20 October 2007 atarchive.today."Jet4you. Retrieved on 25 April 2010." Jet4you Customer service 4, Lotissement La Colline - Sidi Maarouf 20 270 - Casablanca – Morocco "
- ^ab"Directory: World Airlines".Flight International.3 April 2007. p. 98.
- ^"Europese Commissie akkoord met vliegverbod Luik-charleroi".Luchtvaartnieuws.nl(in Dutch). 21 December 2006.Retrieved27 October2020.
- ^"Jet4You mag niet van Charleroi naar Luik vliegen".De Morgen(in Dutch). 28 November 2008.Retrieved21 October2020.
- ^"TUI buys Moroccan airline".Retrieved24 August2017.
- ^http://www.tuitravelplc.com/tui/pages/media/press?ref=174&dtype=2
- ^airframes.org."AIRFRAMES.ORG - Aircraft Database - airline JFU fleet".www.airframes.org.Retrieved24 August2017.
External links
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Media related toJet4youat Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Official website(in French)
