Air Canada Jazz
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| Air Canada Jazz | ||
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| IATA QK |
ICAO JZA |
Callsign JAZZ |
| Founded | 2001 | |
| Hubs | ||
| Focus cities | ||
| Frequent flyer program | Aeroplan | |
| Member lounge | Maple Leaf Lounge | |
| Alliance | Star Alliance | |
| Fleet size | 137 | |
| Destinations | 84 | |
| Parent company | Jazz Air Income Fund | |
| Headquarters | Enfield, Nova Scotia | |
| Key people | Joseph D. Randell, CEO | |
| Website: http://www.flyjazz.ca | ||
Air Canada Jazz is a Canadian regional airline based at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport in the Enfield community in Nova Scotia,[1] that is operated by Jazz Air Income Fund (TSX: JAZ.UN).
It is Canada's largest regional air carrier operating for Air Canada to 85 destinations in Canada and the United States. Its main base is Halifax Stanfield International Airport, with hubs at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Vancouver International Airport, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, and Calgary International Airport. [2]
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[edit] History
Established in 2001, Air Canada Jazz was formed from the consolidation of the Air Canada connector carriers Air BC, Air Nova, Air Ontario and Canadian Regional Airlines shortly after the successful takeover of Canadian Airlines by Air Canada. As of April 2007, it employed 4,913 people[3]
The airline successfully launched an initial public offering (IPO) in February 2006 – units of the income trust trade as JAZ.UN.
In February 2006, Air Canada announced that City Centre Aviation Limited (CCAL) had served a 30-day termination notice for Jazz's month-to-month lease of terminal space at Toronto City Centre Airport.[4] The Toronto Port Authority itself does not control any significant terminal space at the airport, but it extended permission for Jazz to continue using the airport; however, since the airline could not find terminal space, they canceled service to the airport at the end of February 2006. CCAL is owned by REGCO Holdings, are also the owners of the new Porter Airlines which launched service from the airport to Ottawa (the former Air Canada Jazz route) in fall 2006.
In 2006, ACE Aviation Holdings sold off all of their Air Canada Jazz assets. Air Canada Jazz is now an independent company known as Jazz Air Income Fund.
In August 2008, Air Canada Jazz removed all life jackets from its aircraft in order to lower fuel costs. According to the airline, passengers are to use floating seat cushions in the event of an emergency over water. The airline also stated that an event of a water landing on the regional airline routes was almost zero.[5]
[edit] Destinations
[edit] Fleet
| Aircraft | In Service | Passengers |
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| Bombardier CRJ100 | 24 | 50 |
| Bombardier CRJ200 | 33 | 50 |
| Bombardier CRJ705 | 16 | 75 |
| Bombardier Dash 8-100 | 36 | 37 |
| Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 | 28 | 50 |
| Total | 137 |
Bombardier Aerospace delivered the first of its new regional jet variant, the 75-passenger CRJ 705, to Air Canada Jazz on May 27, 2005. The aircraft was the first of 15 CRJ 705 and 15 CRJ 200 aircraft ordered in September 2004. The new aircraft undertook its first revenue earning flight on June 1, 2005 from Calgary to Houston. In mid-2006, the last Air Canada Bombardier CRJ 100 was transferred to Air Canada Jazz.
[edit] Incidents
On May 20, 2007, Air Canada Jazz Flight 8911, which originated in Moncton, New Brunswick, experienced the collapse of the main landing gear of its 50-seat Bombardier CRJ-100 as the plane turned from the runway onto the taxiway after landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport. There were no injuries reported.[6]
On September 18, 2008, an Air Canada Airbus A340 clipped the tail wing of an Air Canada Jazz Dash 8 aircraft on the runway at Vancouver International Airport. The Airbus, carrying about 300 passengers, was bound for Hong Kong and the Dash 8, carrying about 40 people, for Castlegar, British Columbia. Both aircraft sustained minor damage and there was "no threat to the passengers or crews."[7]
[edit] Onboard services
Air Canada Jazz operates a buy on board Café Jazz service offering food for purchase.[8] Jazz offers meals on flights three hours and fifteen minutes or more in duration. Air Canada Jazz does not serve meals on Dash 8 aircraft.[9]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Air Canada Jazz |
- ^ "Contact Us." Air Canada Jazz. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 54. 2007-03-27.
- ^ Corporate fact sheet
- ^ Cheap Flights
- ^ Winsa, Patti. "Air Canada's Jazz tosses life jackets." The Toronto Star. August 23, 2008. Retrieved on June 18, 2009.
- ^ "Landing gear collapses on Air Canada Jazz flight."
- ^ "Air Canada jet clips regional plane at Vancouver airport."
- ^ "Café Jazz." Air Canada Jazz. Accessed November 4, 2008.
- ^ "Onboard Café In North America, Sun Destinations and The Caribbean." Air Canada. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.
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