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Canada’s Jetlines eyes Toronto summer launch

Six weeks after taking delivery of its first aircraft, a A320-200, Canadian leisure start-up Jetlines (CJL, Toronto Pearson) has announced it will launch charter-flight operations out of Toronto Pearson in summer 2022.

Parent company Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd said in a statement on April 7 that the carrier would operate at Canada’s biggest airport by capacity “with a fleet of Airbus family aircraft, starting with the A320,” to international destinations in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It did not, however, specify a more exact date. Other cities in Canada will follow.

The partnership with the airport “will allow us to better service both domestic and international travellers to and from Canada’s busiest airport,” said Jetlines CEO Eddy Doyle.

The “well-capitalised leisure-focused carrier” will start commercial flight operations subject to Transport Canada approval as the start-up continues to work on its certification drive. In December, it projected growth to reach a fleet of 15 aircraft by 2025. The first A320 is chartered from GLOBALX (GXA, Miami Int'l),...

US's GLOBALX inks LOI for 200 Eve eVTOLs

Global Crossing Airlines Group – the parent of US ACMI/charter specialist GLOBALX (GXA, Miami Int'l) - has signed a letter of intent to order up to 200 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) from Eve Air Mobility.

Should the commitment be firmed, it would bring the Eve order book to 1,785 aircraft. The company expects to start deliveries in 2026.

"These eVTOLs will enable us to expand our market throughout south Florida, bringing our customers to their flights at Miami Int'l and Fort Lauderdale Int'l, as well as local flying within Key West and all of the Keys, Naples, FL, and Palm Beach. This will help extend and expand our brand," said GLOBALX Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ed Wegel.

Eve Co-Chief Executive Officer Andre Stein said GLOBALX' experience as an airline would contribute to the expansion of Eve's eVTOL deployment in North America. The partnership also ensures both companies' commitment to delivering sustainable UAM and providing the community with better and faster solutions."

The parties announced in a...

Canada's Jetlines takes first A320-200

Jetlines (CJL, Toronto Pearson) has delivery of its first A320-200 in the form of C-GCJL (msn 4175). The 12.1-year-old jet was registered in Canada on February 3 and ferried to Kitchener (via Gander) after maintenance at Shannon on February 26, 2022.

The Canadian charter start-up plans to launch in March 2022, albeit initially as a virtual carrier chartering an A320 from partner airline and former parent company GLOBALX (GXA, Miami Int'l). As it does so, it plans to use its first in-house A320-200 to complete its air operator's certificate drive with Transport Canada.

Jetlines plans to increase its in-house fleet to fifteen A320s by mid-2025.