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Company slogan
  
Flying Your Way

Headquarters
  
Vancouver

Website
  
www.jetlines.ca

Founded
  
2013

Focus cities
  
Edmonton International Airport

Key people
  
Jim Scott (President & CEO, Founder)

Hubs
  
Vancouver International Airport

Canada Jetlines, Ltd. or simply Jetlines, is a planned Canadian ultra low-cost airline headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Jetlines aims to meet the market demand in Canada for low-fare jet travel.

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Jetlines seeks to fly routes unserved or underserved by other airlines, such as Vancouver to Prince Rupert. Jetlines plans to partially follow the model of European low-cost carriers Ryanair and easyJet by operating from smaller airports like Abbotsford International Airport when possible.

The airline expects to receive its air operator's certificate approximately 5–6 months after being fully funded and to operate Boeing 737 aircraft. It plans to purchase or lease up to 24 Boeing 737s, in addition to the five Boeing 737 MAX 7s (plus 16 options) ordered in December 2014.

It plans to establish the hub in Vancouver, then expands its hubs eastward to Winnipeg and Hamilton.

In June 2016 the airline announced it had asked that the Canadian government to relax its legal requirement for Canadian airlines to have no more than 25% foreign ownership, allowing Canada Jetlines to seek foreign investment up to the level of 49% ownership. On November 3, 2016, Transport Minister Marc Garneau approved Jetlines' request for exemption from current foreign ownership rules, which allowed the airline to access necessary capital in order to begin operations.

On November 4, 2016, Canada Jetlines announced that it is planning to launch operations in Summer 2017, and will build strong primary and secondary routes by operating scheduled point-to-point jet air service with primary bases at Vancouver International Airport and John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport. Jetlines plans to operate flights throughout Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean, starting with six Boeing 737 aircraft in the first year of operation and expanding to 40 aircraft over the first eight years of operations.

Destinations

On February 8, 2015, Canada Jetlines released an anticipated route network based on 16 aircraft.

  • Canada
  • British Columbia
  • Vancouver (Vancouver International Airport)
  • Victoria (Victoria International Airport)
  • Abbotsford (Abbotsford International Airport)
  • Penticton (Penticton Regional Airport)
  • Prince Rupert (Prince Rupert Airport)
  • Prince George (Prince George Airport)
  • Fort St. John (Fort St. John Airport)
  • Alberta
  • Edmonton (Edmonton International Airport)
  • Fort McMurray (Fort McMurray International Airport)
  • Saskatchewan
  • Saskatoon (Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport)
  • Regina (Regina International Airport)
  • Manitoba
  • Winnipeg (Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport)
  • Flin Flon (Flin Flon Airport)
  • Ontario
  • Hamilton (John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport)
  • Ottawa (Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport)
  • Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay International Airport)
  • Quebec
  • Montreal (Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport)
  • New Brunswick
  • Moncton (Greater Moncton International Airport)
  • Nova Scotia
  • Halifax (Halifax Stanfield International Airport)
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • St. John's (St. John's International Airport)
  • Stephenville (Stephenville International Airport)
  • United States
  • Alaska
  • Anchorage (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport)
  • Hawaii
  • Honolulu (Honolulu International Airport)
  • Kahului (Kahului Airport)
  • California
  • Oakland (Oakland International Airport)
  • San Diego (San Diego International Airport)
  • Ontario (Ontario International Airport)
  • Nevada
  • Paradise, Nevada (McCarran International Airport)
  • Reno (Reno–Tahoe International Airport)
  • Arizona
  • Phoenix (Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport)
  • Maryland
  • Baltimore-Washington (Baltimore–Washington International Airport)
  • Florida
  • Orlando (Orlando International Airport)
  • Miami-Dade County (Miami International Airport)
  • Pinellas County (St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport)
  • Mexico
  • Baja California Sur
  • Cabo San Lucas (Cabo San Lucas International Airport)
  • Jamaica
  • St. James
  • Montego Bay (Sangster International Airport)
  • The Bahamas
  • New Providence
  • Nassau (Lynden Pindling International Airport)
  • Fleet

    Canada Jetlines will use two leased Boeing 737-300 aircraft at launch. Jetlines also has five Boeing 737 MAX 7 aircraft on order (and options for 16 more) with deliveries to begin in 2021.

    References

    Canada Jetlines Wikipedia