AIR CANADA JAZZ

'Jazz Air LP (Air Canada Jazz)' is a Canadian regional airline based in the Halifax Regional Municipality, at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Enfield, Nova Scotia. It is Canada's largest regional air carrier operating feeder and commuter services for Air Canada to 85 destinations in Canada and the USA. 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, ^[1].

Contents

History

Destinations

Fleet

Previously operated

See also

External links

References

History

Air Canada Jazz 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 successful takeover of Canadian Airlines by Air Canada. It is wholly owned by ACE Aviation Holdings and employs 4,513 staff (as of April 2007)[1].
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 the airport.^[2] 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.

Destinations

Main articles: Air Canada destinations

Fleet

The Air Canada Jazz fleet includes the following aircraft as of April 2007: [2]

'Air Canada Jazz Fleet'

Aircraft	Total	Passengers (Executive ★ /Economy)	Notes
Bombardier CRJ 100ER	25	50
Bombardier CRJ 200ER	33	50
Bombardier CRJ 705	15	75 (10/65)	AVOD all seats
Bombardier Dash 8 100	36	37	Twin-Turboprop
Bombardier Dash 8 300	26	48 50	Twin-Turboprop

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Bombardier Aerospace delivered the first of its new regional jet variant, the 75-passenger CRJ 705, to Air Canada Jazz on May 27, 2005[3]. 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[4]. In mid-2006, the last Air Canada Bombardier CRJ 100 was transferred to Air Canada Jazz[5].

Previously operated

'Air Canada Jazz Fleet'

Aircraft	Total	Year Retired	Replacement	Notes
British Aerospace BAe 146-200 [6]	10	2004
Fokker F28 [7]	28	2002/2003

See also

★ Air Canada

★ ACE Aviation Holdings

External links

★ Air Canada Jazz

References

1. Directory: World Airlines
2. Cheap Flights