Jazz Aviation

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Jazz Aviation
Jazz Aviation logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
QKJZA [1] JAZZ [1]
Founded2001;23 years ago (2001) (amalgamation; as Air Canada Jazz)
Commenced operations2011;13 years ago (2011) (as Jazz Aviation)
AOC # Canada: 5002 [2]
United States: NZAF100F [3]
Hubs As Air Canada Express:
Focus cities As Air Canada Express:
Frequent-flyer program Aeroplan (Air Canada)
Alliance Star Alliance (affiliate)
Fleet size106
Destinations89
Parent company Chorus Aviation [4]
Headquarters Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Enfield, Nova Scotia
Key peopleRandolph deGooyer (President)
Employees4,723
Website flyjazz.ca

Jazz Aviation LP, commonly shortened to Jazz, is a Canadian regional airline based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, in Enfield, Halifax, Nova Scotia, [5] and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chorus Aviation. Jazz Aviation provides regional and charter airline services in Canada and the United States, primarily under contract to Air Canada using the brand name Air Canada Express, and also as Jazz Charters.

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It is Canada's third-largest airline in terms of fleet size but not in terms of passengers carried annually, number of employees, or destinations served. Its Air Canada Express operations serve 79 destinations in Canada and the United States. Under a capacity purchase agreement, Air Canada sets the Jazz route network and flight schedule, and purchases all of Jazz's seat capacity based on predetermined rates. Its main base is Halifax Stanfield International Airport, with hubs at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Victoria International Airport, Vancouver International Airport, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, and Calgary International Airport. [6]

Prior to April 2011, Air Canada's regional operations were branded as Air Canada Jazz. Following the award of a contract to Sky Regional Airlines, the Air Canada Express brand was introduced as an umbrella for all regional operations. The Jazz brand is now entirely managed by Jazz Aviation LP. [7]

History

Corporate history

Headquarters of Jazz in Enfield, Nova Scotia, 2011 Jazz Office CYHZ.JPG
Headquarters of Jazz in Enfield, Nova Scotia, 2011

Air Canada Regional Inc. was established in 2001 from the consolidation of the Air Canada Connector carriers Air BC, Air Nova, Air Ontario, and Canadian Regional Airlines (shortly after the merger between Canadian Airlines and Air Canada). The merger was finalized in 2002 with the creation of a new brand: Air Canada Jazz.

In 2006, ACE Aviation Holdings, the owners of Air Canada, sold off all of its Air Canada Jazz assets. Air Canada Jazz was then an independent company known as Jazz Air Income Fund, which launched an initial public offering in February 2006; units of the income trust traded as JAZ.UN.

On 15 November 2010, the airline was restructured and changed its name to Chorus Aviation, became a public corporation, and traded as "CHR" at the Toronto Stock Exchange. [4]

In 2011, Air Canada announced it would phase out the use of the "Air Canada Jazz" name and livery, and instead brand its regional operations as "Air Canada Express", with the subtitle "operated by Jazz". The contract between Jazz and Air Canada is currently in effect until 2035.

Operational history

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. [8] 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 cancelled service to the airport at the end of February 2006. CCAL had been bought by REGCO Holdings, (now Porter Aviation Holdings), the owners of Porter Airlines, which launched service from the airport later that year.

In August 2008, Jazz Aviation removed all life jackets from its aircraft 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 the probability of a water landing on the regional airline routes was almost zero, as no operation over great bodies of water occurs except for the Great Lakes and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and that in all circumstances, the airline always remains within 50 nautical miles (93 km) from land, as stipulated in the law, which removes the obligation from carrying any flotation devices. [9]

Other ventures

Thomas Cook Canada

In April 2010, Jazz Aviation LP had reached an agreement with Thomas Cook Group to operate a fleet of at least six Boeing 757-200 aircraft during the winter 2010/2011 season. [10] The deal with Thomas Cook Group followed the collapse of Canadian airline Skyservice, which previously operated aircraft for Thomas Cook during the winter season. The aircraft, which were leased from UK operator Thomas Cook Airlines, were used on flights to destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America. On September 30, 2010, it was announced that the deal had been extended until 2015. [11]

Sunquest charter service to sun destinations operated by Jazz Aviation, doing business as Thomas Cook Canada, began on November 5, 2010. However, on April 13, 2012, Thomas Cook Canada had terminated the remaining three years of the five-year flight services agreement with Jazz, [12] and the service ended on April 30, 2012.

For the 2011/2012 season, flights departed from the Canadian airports of Toronto, Halifax, Calgary, and Vancouver. [13] Destinations included Aruba, Nassau, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Montego Bay, Cancun, Cozumel, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, and Curaçao.

PLUNA Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas S.A.

In April 2010, Jazz Aviation purchased a one-third interest in the Latin American Regional Aviation Holding Corporation (LARAH). In turn, LARAH owns a 75% interest in Uruguayan flag carrier PLUNA, while the remaining 25% is owned by the Uruguayan government. PLUNA said on July 6, 2012, that it was "suspending all flights indefinitely" and announced that 720 of the 900 staff would be sent on unemployment pay until a new associate for the company is found or the airline is definitively sold. [14]

Destinations

Jazz serves 79 destinations across Canada and the United States. [15]

Fleet

Jazz CRJ-200 in Green Jazz livery C-GKEZ landing in Vancouver.jpg
Jazz CRJ-200 in Green Jazz livery
Jazz Dash 8-400s in the old Air Canada Express livery AirCanadaExpressQ400'sYYJAugust2018.jpg
Jazz Dash 8-400s in the old Air Canada Express livery
Jazz Dash 8-400 in the new Air Canada Express livery C-GGAH@YUL 25Mar18.jpg
Jazz Dash 8–400 in the new Air Canada Express livery

The Jazz Air fleet consists of the following aircraft as of April 2024 [16] :

Jazz Air fleet
AircraftIn fleetPassengersNotes
JYTotal
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 39–7878
Bombardier CRJ-200 3–5050To be retired in 2024.
Bombardier CRJ-900 35126476
Embraer 175 25126476
Total102

Bombardier Aerospace delivered the first of its new regional jet variant, the 75-passenger CRJ-705 to Jazz Aviation on May 27, 2005. The aircraft was the first of 15 CRJ-705 and 15 CRJ-200 aircraft ordered in September 2004. Originally, the order had been for 30 CRJ-705s and 15 CRJ-200s but was changed to 15 and 15, subsequently, 15 Embraer E175 aircraft were added to the Air Canada mainline fleet. A 16th CRJ-705 was added to replace a CRJ-100 which was written off. The new aircraft undertook its first revenue-earning flight on June 1, 2005, from Calgary to Houston. In mid-2006, the last Air Canada CRJ-100 was transferred to Jazz.

On February 9, 2010, Jazz Aviation announced that it had finalized an agreement with Bombardier Commercial Aircraft for 15 Q400 NextGen turboprops with options for an additional 15 aircraft with deliveries to start in May 2011. [17] They were to be configured in a 74-passenger, all-economy layout. The Q400s were used to replace older CRJ-100/200 models which were returned to lessor. The Q400s were delivered in the new Air Canada Express paint scheme and were the first aircraft in the Jazz fleet to have the Air Canada Express branding.

On April 26, 2016, Jazz Aviation announced that the remaining CRJ-705 aircraft would be converted to CRJ-900s. [18]

On January 14, 2019, Chorus Aviation, the parent company of Jazz Aviation, announced an extension to its Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with Air Canada until 2035. Along with the extension of the CPA, 14 additional CRJ-900 aircraft would be acquired, the first five of which would be sourced by Air Canada from SkyWest Airlines. [19] [20]

In 2021, Air Canada Express consolidated all of its regional flying to Jazz and transferred a fleet of Embraer 175 regional jets to the company from Sky Regional Airlines.

Historic fleet

Gallery

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Dash 8-300 In Yellow Jazz Livery
BAe 146-200 In Yellow Jazz Livery British Aerospace BAe-146-200A, Air Canada Jazz AN0227839.jpg
BAe 146-200 In Yellow Jazz Livery
Boeing 757-200 In Thomas Cook Canada Livery Thomas Cook Boeing 757-200 (7062775385).jpg
Boeing 757-200 In Thomas Cook Canada Livery
CRJ-100 In Red Jazz Livery Jazz CRJ-100 on Final for 32 in Ottawa (3096246501).jpg
CRJ-100 In Red Jazz Livery
Dash 8-100 In Red Jazz Livery Air Canada Jazz Dash-8 C-GKON (5074268310) (2).jpg
Dash 8-100 In Red Jazz Livery

Cabins

Business Class

Business Class is Air Canada's premium product in North America, and is offered by Jazz (doing business as Air Canada Express) on the CRJ-900 and E175. There are 12 leather covered seats, each equipped with a 120 V power outlet and personal audio/video on demand featuring Air Canada's enRoute ҽ inflight entertainment system by Thales. [21] The newest 14 CRJ-900s are not equipped with audio/video on demand.

Economy Class

Jazz's Dash 8-400 and CRJ-200 fleet feature all Economy Class cabins. The Dash 8-400s feature Bombardier's NextGen interior.

The Dash 8-400s, CRJ-200s, and CRJ-900s (Economy Class) feature B/E Aerospace's Premium Economy Spectrum seat. The Economy Class seats on 21 CRJ-900 are equipped with personal audio/video on demand featuring Air Canada's enRoute ҽ inflight entertainment system by Thales, with seats from rows 12 to 18 having 120 V power outlets. 14 of the CRJ-900s do not feature seat back screens. Seating is 2 × 2 abreast.

Onboard services

All Jazz flights operating for Air Canada offer a complimentary hot and cold beverage service as well as sweet or savoury snacks, with alcoholic beverages available for purchase. On flights over 90 minutes, Jazz operates a buy on board service for Air Canada called Air Canada Bistro offering snacks for purchase. [22] On flights three hours and fifteen minutes or more in duration, sandwiches are added to the buy on board offering. Only major credit cards are accepted for payment on board. [23]

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