Air Canada Jazz
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Jazz Aviation LP is a Canadian
regional airline
based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Enfield
and Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chorus Aviation
.
It is Canada's largest regional air carrier, operating as Air Canada Express for Air Canada
to 82 destinations in Canada and the United States
. Under the Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA), 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
, Vancouver International Airport
, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
, and Calgary International Airport
.
In April 2011, Air Canada
decided to retire the Air Canada Jazz brand and created a new identity for its regional operations, Air Canada Express
.
, Air Nova
, Air Ontario
and Canadian Regional Airlines
(shortly after the successful merger between Canadian Airlines
and Air Canada). The merger was finalised in 2002 with the creation of a new brand-Air Canada Jazz. As of April 2011, it employed 5,081 people.
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. 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 2006, ACE Aviation Holdings
sold off all of their Air Canada Jazz assets. Air Canada Jazz was then an independent company known as Jazz Air Income Fund.
In August 2008, Jazz Air 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, as there is no operation over great bodies of water except for the Great Lakes
and that in all circumstances, the airline always remains within 50 nautical miles (92.6 km) from land, as stipulated in the law, which removes the obligation from carrying any flotation devices.
On 15 November 2010, the airline was restructured and changed its name to Chorus Aviation
, became a public corporation and will be traded as "CHR" at the Toronto Stock Exchange.
aircraft during the winter 2010/2011 season. The aircraft, which are leased from UK operator Thomas Cook Airlines
, are 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. Sunquest charter service to sun destinations operated by Jazz Aviation, doing business as Thomas Cook Canada, began on November 5, 2010.
Flights depart from the Canadian airports of Toronto
, Montreal
, Ottawa
and Halifax.
Destinations include Aruba
, Nassau
, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana
, Montego Bay
, Cancun
, Cozumel
, Puerto Vallarta
, Los Cabos
and Curaçao
. Starting for the 2011/12 season, Thomas Cook Canada will be flying from Vancouver
to Punta Cana
, Montego Bay
and Cozumel
, and from Calgary
to Punta Cana
and Montego Bay
.
The deal with Thomas Cook Group PLC followed the collapse of Canadian airline Skyservice
, who previously operated aircraft for Thomas Cook during the winter season.
an flag carrier PLUNA
, while the remaining 25% is owned by the Uruguayan government.
Bombardier Aerospace
delivered the first of its new regional jet variant, the 75-passenger CRJ700 Series 705 to Jazz Aviation on May 27, 2005. The aircraft was the first of 15 CRJ705 and 15 CRJ200 aircraft ordered in September 2004. Originally the order had been for 30 CRJ705s and 15 CRJ200s, but was changed to 15 and 15, subsequently 15 Embraer 175 aircraft were added to the Air Canada mainline fleet. A 16th CRJ705 was added to replace a CRJ100 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 CRJ100 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. They will be configured in a 74 passenger, all economy layout. The Q400s will be used to replace older CRJ100/200 models which are to be returned to lessor. The Q400s will be delivered in the new Air Canada Express
paint scheme, and will be the first aircraft in the Jazz fleet to have Air Canada Express branding.
Jazz leased 6 Boeing 757-200 aircraft from Thomas Cook Airlines
during the 2010/11 winter season on behalf of Thomas Cook Group PLC, doing business as Thomas Cook Canada.
The Q400s, CRJ100s, 16 CRJ200s, and the CRJ705s (Economy Class) feature B/E Aerospace's Premium Economy Spectrum seat. The Economy Class seats on the CRJ705 are equipped with personal audio/video on demand featuring Air Canada's enRoute inflight entertainment system by Thales, with only select seats having a 110V power outlet.
Seating is 2x2 abreast, exception being the first row of Economy Class on the CRJ705 where there is a single seat port side. All seats are covered in either grey (CRJs) or blue (Dash 8s) leather. The exception being 10 CRJ200s which have blue leather seats (originally from Midway Airlines).
service for Air Canada called Onboard Café offering snacks for purchase. 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 onboard. Jazz does not offer buy on board on Dash 8-100 or Dash 8-300
aircraft.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
regional airline
Regional airline
Regional airlines are airlines that operate regional aircraft to provide passenger air service to communities without sufficient demand to attract mainline service...
based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Enfield
Enfield, Nova Scotia
Enfield, , is a Canadian exurban community located in the Shubenacadie Valley on the border of Hants and Halifax counties. Specifically, Enfield exists in both the East Hants Municipal District and the Halifax Regional Municipality and is divided by the Shubenacadie River.The history of European...
and Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chorus Aviation
Chorus Aviation
Chorus Aviation is a holding company which has controlled Jazz Aviation LP from 31 December 2010. Ownership was previously held by an income fund called "Jazz Air Income Fund", but a restructuring was announced in October 2010...
.
It is Canada's largest regional air carrier, operating as Air Canada Express for Air Canada
Air Canada
Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...
to 82 destinations in Canada and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Under the Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA), 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
Toronto Pearson International Airport
Toronto Pearson International Airport is an international airport serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada; its metropolitan area; and the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration that is home to 8.1 million people – approximately 25% of Canada's population...
, Vancouver International Airport
Vancouver International Airport
Vancouver International Airport is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, about from Downtown Vancouver. In 2010 it was the second busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements and passengers , behind Toronto Pearson International Airport, with non-stop flights daily to...
, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport or Montréal-Trudeau, formerly known as Montréal-Dorval International Airport, is located on the Island of Montreal, from Montreal's downtown core. The airport terminals are located entirely in Dorval, while the Air Canada headquarters complex...
, and Calgary International Airport
Calgary International Airport
Calgary International Airport, , is the international airport that serves Calgary, Alberta, Canada and the surrounding region; it is situated approximately northeast of downtown Calgary...
.
In April 2011, Air Canada
Air Canada
Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...
decided to retire the Air Canada Jazz brand and created a new identity for its regional operations, Air Canada Express
Air Canada Express
Air Canada Express is a brand name under which four regional airlines operate feeder flights for Air Canada. They primarily connect smaller cities with Air Canada's domestic hub airports and focus cities, although they offer some point-to-point service. On April 26, 2011, it was reported that Air...
.
History
Established in 2001 as Air Canada Regional Inc. from the consolidation of the Air Canada connector carriers Air BCAir BC
Air BC was an airline headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It is now part of Air Canada Jazz.- History :Air BC was established in 1980 after the merger of a number of west coast domestic airlines: Canadian Air Transit, Flight Operation, Gulf Air Aviation, Haida Airlines, Island...
, Air Nova
Air Nova
Air Nova was an airline based in Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada that became part of Air Canada Regional in 2001. In 2002 the merger of Air BC, Air Ontario, Air Nova and Canadian Regional Airlines was finalised with the launch of a new name and brand-Air Canada Jazz.- History :Air Nova was...
, Air Ontario
Air Ontario
Air Ontario Inc. was a Canadian airline now part of Air Canada Jazz. It was headquartered in London, Ontario.- History :Air Ontario Inc. was established in June 1987, with the merger of Austin Airways, Canada’s oldest airline, which began service in 1934, and Air Ontario Ltd...
and Canadian Regional Airlines
Canadian Regional Airlines
Canadian Regional Airlines was an airline headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is now part of Air Canada Jazz.- Former Code Data :*IATA Code: KI*ICAO Code: CDR*Callsign: Canadian Regional- History :...
(shortly after the successful merger between Canadian Airlines
Canadian Airlines
Canadian Airlines International Ltd. was a Canadian airline that operated from 1987 until 2001. The airline was Canada's second largest airline after Air Canada, and carried more than 11.9 million passengers to over 160 destinations in 17 countries on five continents at its height in 1996...
and Air Canada). The merger was finalised in 2002 with the creation of a new brand-Air Canada Jazz. As of April 2011, it employed 5,081 people.
The airline successfully launched an initial public offering
Initial public offering
An initial public offering or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises...
(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. The Toronto Port Authority
Toronto Port Authority
The Toronto Port Authority is a Canadian port authority responsible for management of the harbour of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, including the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport...
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
Porter Airlines
Porter Airlines is a regional airline headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Porter operates regularly scheduled flights between Toronto and locations in Canada and the United States using Canadian-built Bombardier Dash-8 Q 400...
, which launched service from the airport later that year.
In 2006, ACE Aviation Holdings
ACE Aviation Holdings
ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. is a Canadian holding company that provides commercial airline service and technical support and is the parent company of Air Canada. It is headquartered in Montreal.-History:...
sold off all of their Air Canada Jazz assets. Air Canada Jazz was then an independent company known as Jazz Air Income Fund.
In August 2008, Jazz Air 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
Water landing
A water landing is, in the broadest sense, any landing on a body of water. All waterfowl, those seabirds capable of flight, and some human-built vehicles are capable of landing in water as a matter of course....
on the regional airline routes was almost zero, as there is no operation over great bodies of water except for the Great Lakes
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume...
and that in all circumstances, the airline always remains within 50 nautical miles (92.6 km) from land, as stipulated in the law, which removes the obligation from carrying any flotation devices.
On 15 November 2010, the airline was restructured and changed its name to Chorus Aviation
Chorus Aviation
Chorus Aviation is a holding company which has controlled Jazz Aviation LP from 31 December 2010. Ownership was previously held by an income fund called "Jazz Air Income Fund", but a restructuring was announced in October 2010...
, became a public corporation and will be traded as "CHR" at the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Thomas Cook Canada
In April 2010 it was announced that Jazz Aviation LP had reached an agreement with Thomas Cook Group PLC to operate a fleet of at least six Boeing 757-200Boeing 757
The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Passenger versions of the twinjet have a capacity of 186 to 289 persons and a maximum range of , depending on variant and cabin configuration...
aircraft during the winter 2010/2011 season. The aircraft, which are leased from UK operator Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomas Cook Airlines is a British charter airline based in Manchester, England. It serves main holiday resorts worldwide, from its main bases at Manchester and Gatwick.The airline also operates services from nine other bases in the United Kingdom....
, are 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. Sunquest charter service to sun destinations operated by Jazz Aviation, doing business as Thomas Cook Canada, began on November 5, 2010.
Flights depart from the Canadian airports of Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
and Halifax.
Destinations include Aruba
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
, Nassau
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana
Punta Cana
Punta Cana is part of the newly created Punta Cana-Bávaro-Veron-Macao municipal district in La Altagracia, the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic. The area is best known for its beaches and balnearios, which face both the Caribbean and Atlantic, and it has been a popular tourist...
, Montego Bay
Montego Bay
Montego Bay is the capital of St. James Parish and the second largest city in Jamaica by area and the fourth by population .It is a tourist destination with duty free shopping, cruise line terminal and the beaches...
, Cancun
Cancún
Cancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of...
, Cozumel
Cozumel
Cozumel is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen, and close to the Yucatan Channel. Cozumel is one of the ten municipalities of the state of Quintana Roo...
, Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican balneario resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas.The 2010 census reported Puerto Vallarta's population as 255,725 making it the sixth-largest city in the state of Jalisco...
, Los Cabos
Los Cabos
Los Cabos is a municipality located at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, in the state of Baja California Sur. It encompasses the towns of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo , as well as the Resort Corridor that lies between the two...
and Curaçao
Curaçao
Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
. Starting for the 2011/12 season, Thomas Cook Canada will be flying from Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
to Punta Cana
Punta Cana
Punta Cana is part of the newly created Punta Cana-Bávaro-Veron-Macao municipal district in La Altagracia, the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic. The area is best known for its beaches and balnearios, which face both the Caribbean and Atlantic, and it has been a popular tourist...
, Montego Bay
Montego Bay
Montego Bay is the capital of St. James Parish and the second largest city in Jamaica by area and the fourth by population .It is a tourist destination with duty free shopping, cruise line terminal and the beaches...
and Cozumel
Cozumel
Cozumel is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen, and close to the Yucatan Channel. Cozumel is one of the ten municipalities of the state of Quintana Roo...
, and from Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
to Punta Cana
Punta Cana
Punta Cana is part of the newly created Punta Cana-Bávaro-Veron-Macao municipal district in La Altagracia, the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic. The area is best known for its beaches and balnearios, which face both the Caribbean and Atlantic, and it has been a popular tourist...
and Montego Bay
Montego Bay
Montego Bay is the capital of St. James Parish and the second largest city in Jamaica by area and the fourth by population .It is a tourist destination with duty free shopping, cruise line terminal and the beaches...
.
The deal with Thomas Cook Group PLC followed the collapse of Canadian airline Skyservice
Skyservice
Skyservice Airlines Inc. was a charter airline based in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It employed more than 2000 people. Skyservice Airlines Inc. flew within Canada and to the U.S., Caribbean, Mexico, Israel and Europe. During the summer Skyservice sold tickets to Europe from...
, who previously operated aircraft for Thomas Cook during the winter season.
PLUNA Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas S.A.
In April 2010, Jazz Air purchased a 33 1/3% interest in the Latin American Regional Aviation Holding Corporation (LARAH). In turn, LARAH owns a 75% interest in UruguayUruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an flag carrier PLUNA
PLUNA
PLUNALíneas Aéreas Uruguayas S.A. is the flag carrier of Uruguay, headquartered in Carrasco, Montevideo. It operates scheduled services within South America, as well as unscheduled cargo and charter services, with its main hub being Carrasco International Airport near Montevideo.- Foundation :The...
, while the remaining 25% is owned by the Uruguayan government.
Fleet
| Aircraft | Total | Orders +Options |
Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J | Y | Total | ||||
| de Havilland Canada Dash 8 Series 100 |
36 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 34 aircraft operate on behalf of Air Canada, whilst 2 aircraft are part of the charter fleet. 35 aircraft are DHC-8-102s, 1 aircraft is a DHC-8-102A. |
| de Havilland Canada Dash 8 Series 300 |
28 | 0 | 0 | 42 50 |
42 50 |
26 aircraft operate on behalf of Air Canada, whilst 2 aircraft are part of the charter fleet. The charter aircraft can be configured with 42 seats with a baggage modification installed in the cabin. 14 aircraft are DHC-8-301s, 14 aircraft are DHC-8-311s. |
| 7 | 8+15 | 0 | 74 | 74 | Firm purchase agreement to acquire 15 Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprops, with options on an additional 15 aircraft. Delivery started May 2011, with one DHC-8-402 arriving per month until July 2012. |
|
| Bombardier CRJ100ER | 22 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | Originally marketed as the CL-65. |
| Bombardier CRJ200 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 25 aircraft operate on behalf of Air Canada, whilst 1 aircraft is part of the charter fleet. Both 200ER and 200LR versions are operated by Jazz. |
| Bombardier CRJ705 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 65 | 75 | Based on the CRJ900ER, limited to 75 seats. Personal audio/video on demand at every seat. |
| Total | 132 | 11+15 | Currently 125 aircraft are operated for Air Canada, 5 are part of the charter fleet. By July 2012, 15 Q400s will have been delivered and 13 CRJ100/200s will have been removed from the fleet for a total of 125 aircraft being operated for Air Canada and 5 dedicated to charter work. |
|||
Bombardier Aerospace
Bombardier Aerospace
Bombardier Aerospace is a division of Bombardier Inc. and is the third-largest airplane manufacturer in the world. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.- History :...
delivered the first of its new regional jet variant, the 75-passenger CRJ700 Series 705 to Jazz Aviation on May 27, 2005. The aircraft was the first of 15 CRJ705 and 15 CRJ200 aircraft ordered in September 2004. Originally the order had been for 30 CRJ705s and 15 CRJ200s, but was changed to 15 and 15, subsequently 15 Embraer 175 aircraft were added to the Air Canada mainline fleet. A 16th CRJ705 was added to replace a CRJ100 which was written off. The new aircraft undertook its first revenue earning flight on June 1, 2005 from Calgary to Houston
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
. In mid-2006, the last Air Canada CRJ100 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. They will be configured in a 74 passenger, all economy layout. The Q400s will be used to replace older CRJ100/200 models which are to be returned to lessor. The Q400s will be delivered in the new Air Canada Express
Air Canada Express
Air Canada Express is a brand name under which four regional airlines operate feeder flights for Air Canada. They primarily connect smaller cities with Air Canada's domestic hub airports and focus cities, although they offer some point-to-point service. On April 26, 2011, it was reported that Air...
paint scheme, and will be the first aircraft in the Jazz fleet to have Air Canada Express branding.
Fleet History
Air Canada Jazz operated 10 BAe 146-200 aircraft (on behalf of Air Canada) which it inherited from Air Nova and Air BC. They were retired from service in 2005.Jazz leased 6 Boeing 757-200 aircraft from Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomas Cook Airlines is a British charter airline based in Manchester, England. It serves main holiday resorts worldwide, from its main bases at Manchester and Gatwick.The airline also operates services from nine other bases in the United Kingdom....
during the 2010/11 winter season on behalf of Thomas Cook Group PLC, doing business as Thomas Cook Canada.
Executive Class
Executive Class is Air Canada's premium product in North America, and is offered by Jazz (doing business as Air Canada Express) on the CRJ705. There are 10 seats (B/E Aerospace's Spectrum business class seat) covered in grey leather. The seating is 1x2 abreast (with a single seat at row 1 port side), with 37" pitch. Each seat is equipped with a 110V power outlet and personal audio/video on demand featuring Air Canada's enRoute inflight entertainment system by Thales. The CRJ705's galley is not equipped with ovens, therefore only cold meals are served.Economy Class
Jazz's Dash 8-100/300/400 and CRJ100/200 fleet feature all Economy Class cabins. The DHC-8-102s and DHC-8-301s feature the original deHavilland interior. The DHC-8-102A and the DHC-8-311s feature an interior that was updated in 1990 by Heath Tecna. The DHC-8-402 features Bombardier's NextGen interior.The Q400s, CRJ100s, 16 CRJ200s, and the CRJ705s (Economy Class) feature B/E Aerospace's Premium Economy Spectrum seat. The Economy Class seats on the CRJ705 are equipped with personal audio/video on demand featuring Air Canada's enRoute inflight entertainment system by Thales, with only select seats having a 110V power outlet.
Seating is 2x2 abreast, exception being the first row of Economy Class on the CRJ705 where there is a single seat port side. All seats are covered in either grey (CRJs) or blue (Dash 8s) leather. The exception being 10 CRJ200s which have blue leather seats (originally from Midway Airlines).
Onboard services
All Jazz flights operating for Air Canada offer a complimentary hot and cold beverage service with alcoholic beverages available for $6. On flights over two hours Jazz operates a buy on boardBuy on board
In commercial flight, buy on board is a system where food or beverages are paid for on board; often food or beverages are not included in the ticket price for certain fare classes....
service for Air Canada called Onboard Café offering snacks for purchase. 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 onboard. Jazz does not offer buy on board on Dash 8-100 or Dash 8-300
aircraft.
Incidents and accidents
| Date | Flight number | Information |
|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2007 | Flight 8911 | A Jazz Air Bombardier CRJ-100 Bombardier CRJ200 The Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 are a family of regional airliner manufactured by Bombardier, and based on the Canadair Challenger business jet.-Development:... ER, Fin 104 C-FRIL flight, which originated in Moncton Greater Moncton International Airport Greater Moncton International Airport or Moncton/Greater Moncton International Airport is located in the city of Dieppe east northeast of downtown Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada... , had its main landing gear collapse at Toronto-Pearson International Airport while turning from the runway onto the taxiway after an extremely hard landing. There were no injuries. The aircraft C-FRIL was written off and was cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register on 18 July 2007 |