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MAXjet Airways, Inc
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is an
American all-
Business Class ,
Transatlantic Airline based in
Washington, D.C. ,
USA . It operates services to
London Stansted Airport ,
United Kingdom . Its main bases are
Washington Dulles International Airport and
John F. Kennedy International Airport ,
New York .
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It offers passengers airport lounge access (flagship lounge at Stansted; shared, non-proprietary at JFK, Dulles and Las Vegas), premium complimentary meals and beverages and on-demand in-flight entertainment. MAXjet's corporate slogan changed from "''It's just good business''" to "''Affordable Business Class.''" sometime in mid-2006.
On
25 April 2005 the airline officially changed its name from to MAXjet Airways following a formal objection to the original name from
SkyLink Aviation in
Canada . On
23 August 2005 it was granted final approval to launch services by the
United States Department Of Transportation . The airline is publicly traded on the
London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market as "MAXJ". It operated its first service from New York to London on
1 November 2005 . Founded in
2003 , the airline was conceived as a transatlantic
Low-cost Carrier that would
Code Share with domestic low-cost carriers at
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport . During its start-up phase, management expressed concern over the economics of applying the
Low Cost Carrier model to transatlantic routes and instead repositioned the airline as a premium all-business-class service. MAXjet's target market is premium economy and "savvy" business class passengers.
The success of MAXjet’s all-business-class service continues to grow as the company experienced load factors of more than 83% (June 2007) on its network from London Stansted.
As well as the scheduled routes, MAXjet’s luxury charter operations continue to grow with the acquisition of more aircraft. Some aircraft will focus on the growing charter business as well as being used as support on the New York, Washington, Los Angeles and
Las Vegas scheduled routes. The airline’s luxury charter business, which has experienced significant growth, transports groups to various destinations throughout Europe, the
Caribbean and the USA. Recent charters include
Stockholm to Las Vegas, and England to Washington D.C. and Los Angeles including a charter for the 2006 U.S
Ryder Cup team. The Company has a strong customer base that includes corporations, government entities and professional sports teams.
In July 2007, MAXjet applied for U.S approval to operate daily non-stop passenger service between
Shanghai, China and
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport , with continuing same-plane service to Los Angeles. The airline proposed to begin service March 25, 2009. The airline is evaluating future services linking
London Stansted to
Boston ,
Chicago ,
Orlando ,
San Jose ,
San Francisco and
Dallas in the
USA with further expansion from its
London Stansted hub into the
Middle East ,
Asia and
Africa .
As of
August 2007 the MAXjet Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft
MAXjet Fleet listing :
MAXjet's aircraft are configured with either 102 or 94 seats, with an average fleet age of 18.2 years as of
March 2007 .
The company has stated it intends to add one additional Boeing 767 aircraft in 2007 which it plans bringing in to service in early 2008. MAXjet targets a total of 7 aircraft in service by summer 2008.
MAXjet's aircraft are fitted with traditional leather business-class "deep-recline" seats with a 60 inch ''seat pitch'' (distance between a seat and the same point on the seat in front of it) and a 160-degree recline.
On-demand entertainment, which includes 100 hours of movies, television programs and music videos as well as pure music audio content, is available via individual portable media players, which are provided before each flight. Although the seats are new, MAXjet aircraft have a relatively old style cabin fit and as such the seats are not equipped with conventional built-in entertainment systems.
The airline's catering uses restaurant china, metal cutlery and stemmed glassware, and offers complimentary premium liquor, beer,
Champagne and a regularly changing
Wine selection.
- Travel+Leisure Magazine's Top 10 International Airlines 2007 - 2nd place
