Canjet

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CanJet Airlines Boeing 737 arriving in Toronto.

CanJet is a low-cost airline based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It operates services to 15 destinations in Canada and the United States. Its main base is Halifax International Airport.

Contents

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 External links

History

The airline was established in 1999 and started operations on 5 September 2000. It was launched as a division of IMP Group and merged with Canada 3000 in May 2001 shortly before that airline's bankruptcy. CanJet was successfully relaunched on June 20, 2002 as an independent airline. Originally the airline flew to three destinations, but has quickly expanded. Currently Canjet operates a fleet of 9 Boeing 737-500 that were acquired from United Airlines. These airframes date back to the early 1990's. There are plans to expand the airline's fleet of Boeing 737-500 aircraft to 20 by 2006. Canjet now operates one Boeing 737-300 series aircraft.

In April 2004, CanJet launched services at Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport, Hamilton to fill a void left after WestJet shifted its eastern Canada hub to Toronto Pearson International Airport.

In May 2005 the company began to expand into the western Canadian market with a flight between Calgary and Toronto, with plans to slowly expand to other western markets. In the wake of the bankruptcy of Jetsgo the company hopes to fill some of that company's market share, but also hopes to expand slowly to avoid the fate of other companies such as Canada 3000. In June 2005, two weeks after Air Canada Jazz announced new service to Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport from Montreal and Ottawa, CanJet announced it would end its service to Hamilton. In August 2005, CanJet announced new service to Fort Lauderdale, Florida from Toronto.

In May 2006, CanJet and Harmony Airways signed a marketing pact that allow greater cross country service. Canjet will be ending flights west of Toronto, and be focusing more on Atlantic flights. This pact will allow consumers to book flights with both companies and have their luggage transferred for them.

CanJet is wholly owned by IMP Group International and employs 448 staff (at January 2005).

Destinations

(Locations with a * are serviced seasonally)

Canada

Calgary, service will end September 2006
Deer Lake
Halifax
Moncton
Montreal
Ottawa
St. John's
Toronto

USA

Fleet

The CanJet fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2006):

9 Boeing 737-500
1 Boeing 737-300

External links

Airlines of Canada

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