Jet4you

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Jet4you
Jet4you.svg
IATA ICAO Call sign
TBJFUARGAN
Founded2006 (2006)
Commenced operations26 February 2006 (2006-02-26)
Ceased operationsApril 2012 (2012-04)
(merged into Jetairfly)
Operating bases
Fleet size4
Destinations38
Parent company TUI Travel plc
Headquarters Casablanca, Morocco
Key peopleJawad Ziyat (CEO) [1]
Website www.jet4you.com

Jet4you was a low-cost airline based in Casablanca, Morocco. [2] It operated services between Moroccan cities and destinations in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland (Sunway charter) and Italy. Its main base was Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport, with focus cities at Agadir, Nador, Paris and Tangier. [3]

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History

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Jet4you Boeing 737-800

Launch

The airline started operations on 26 February 2006. It was owned by TUI Travel (40%), Attijariwafa Bank (20%), Investima-SGMB (20%) and MM.Marrache et Benabbes Taarji (20%). The shareholders jointly established a Moroccan company, Societe d'Investissement Aerienne, the investment vehicle behind the airline. [3]

Jet4You was directed by Jawad Ziyat. The objective was to widen the network to other European countries and reach 1.5 million passengers by 2010, with a fleet of ten aircraft and a 395-strong team.[ citation needed ]

Short-haul flight ban

In 2006, Walloon Minister of Transport André Antoine prohibited Jet4you from making a stopover in Liège, Belgium during a Charleroi–Casablanca flight, arguing that short-haul flights of fewer than 100 kilometres caused too much environmental damage. In December 2006, the European Commission confirmed that the ban did not violate any aviation agreements with Morocco, with Commissioner Jacques Barrot stating: 'The national authorities are allowed to take such measures, especially for environmental reasons.' [4] Jet4you sued the Walloon Government, but in November 2008 the Court of First Instance in Namur confirmed the legality of the short-haul ban, rejecting Jet4you's damages claim and ordering the airline to pay 15,000 euros for court proceedings. Minister Antoine marked this as a victory and again urged the Federal Government of Belgium to introduce a countrywide prohibition on short-haul flights (which had been considered by the previous Federal Transport Minister, Renaat Landuyt). [5]

Takeover by TUI

On 17 June 2008, it was announced that TUI Travel had taken 100% ownership of the airline, [6] and on 18 July 2009, TUI Travel signed a letter of intent to sell a majority stake in Jet4you to Royal Air Maroc. [7]

Jet4you adopted the IATA code 8J from the now defunct Russian airline Komiinteravia. (This code was subsequently removed from Jet4you and assigned to Línea Aérea EcoJet S.A.)[ citation needed ]

On 10 January 2012, it was announced that Jet4you would be completely integrated into the Belgian company Jetairfly (now called TUI fly Belgium). Jetairfly took over all aircraft, personnel and routes from Jet4you. The integration into Jetairfly was finalised in 2012, and all operations transferred in April 2012. All aircraft are now in Jetairfly colours, and all flights are booked through Jetairfly.[ citation needed ]

Fleet

Jet4You ceased operations in 2011, and merged with Jetairfly. For some other fleet information, see JetairFly's fleet. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Jawad Ziyat, Jet4you CEO information
  2. ↑ "We're at your service Archived 20 October 2007 at archive.today ." Jet4you. Retrieved on 25 April 2010. "Jet4you Customer service 4, Lotissement La Colline - Sidi Maarouf 20 270 - Casablanca – Morocco"
  3. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 3 April 2007. p. 98.
  4. ↑ "Europese Commissie akkoord met vliegverbod Luik-charleroi". Luchtvaartnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 21 December 2006. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Jet4You mag niet van Charleroi naar Luik vliegen". De Morgen (in Dutch). 28 November 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "TUI buys Moroccan airline" . Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ airframes.org. "AIRFRAMES.ORG - Aircraft Database - airline JFU fleet". www.airframes.org. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

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