GainJet

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GainJet
IATA ICAO Call sign
- [1] GNJ [2] GAIN JET [2]
Founded19 October 2005 (2005-10-19) [3]
AOC # GR-024 [4]
Hubs Athens International Airport
Fleet size10
Headquarters Glyfada, Greece [3]
Website www.gainjet.com

GainJet is a private charter airline and management company with its headquarters in Glyfada, Greece.

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Overview

GainJet commenced operations in April 2006, upon acquiring its EU-OPS-1 air operator's certificate, allowing the company to commercially operate worldwide. GainJet's executive aircraft serve government, corporate and individual charter, while its aircraft management service is involved in maintenance management, sales, management, and repossession. Its network includes a sales office in London at Heathrow Airport. GainJet's Boeing 757 flew the England national football team for the World Cup in Russia on 12 June 2018. [5] On the 8th of July 2019, they brought the United States women’s national football team back home after they won the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in Lyon, France. [6]

Fleet

Current fleet

GainJet Aviation Boeing 737-400 Arriving At Liverpool John Lennon Airport GainJet Boeing 737-400 SX-ATF.jpg
GainJet Aviation Boeing 737-400 Arriving At Liverpool John Lennon Airport
GainJet Aviation Boeing 757-200WW Boeing 757-23N, GainJet Aviation JP7522994.jpg
GainJet Aviation Boeing 757-200WW

The GainJet Aviation charter fleet is based throughout Europe and the Middle-East, and includes the following aircraft:

GainJet Aviation charter fleet
AircraftIn serviceNotes
Boeing 757-200WW 1 [7] As of August 2019
Boeing 737-400 1 [7] As of August 2019
McDonnell Douglas MD-87 1 [7] As of August 2019
Gulfstream G650 1
Gulfstream G550 1
Gulfstream G450 1
Embraer Legacy 600 1 [8] As of August 2016
Bombardier Challenger 604 1
Bombardier Challenger 605 1
Bombardier Global Express XRS 1
Total10

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

Criticism

GainJet has been criticized and the subject of litigation for their role in the alleged kidnapping and rendition of Rwandan dissident Paul Rusesabagina. [10] [11]

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