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MAXjet
IATA MY	ICAO MXJ	Callsign MAX-JET
Founded		2003
Hubs		London Stansted
Frequent flyer program		MAXflier (roll-out pending)
Member lounge		departure lounge
Fleet size		5
Destinations		4
Parent company		MAXjet Airways, Inc
Headquarters		Dulles, Virginia
Key people		William D. Stockbridge, CEO
Website: http://www.maxjet.com

MAXjet Airways is an American all-business class, transatlantic airline headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, USA. It operates services to London Stansted Airport, United Kingdom from Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York.^[1]

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, and then to "It's Business Class. Only Smarter", in November, 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 History 2 Suspension of MAXjet shares 3 Destinations 3.1 Europe 3.2 North America 4 Fleet 5 In-Flight Services 6 Awards 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

On 25 April 2005 the airline officially changed its name from SkyLink Airways 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".^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

While the company's "MAXflier" frequent flier program had been advertised for more than six months on the MAXjet website as being available to customers, it was not actually yet up and running as of October 2007. When questioned regarding this issue, the company's customer service representatives responded that the program would be introduced soon, but were unable to provide an estimate as to exactly when the program will come online. As passengers purchasing tickets online were given the impression that the program was operational, this led to some degree of customer dissatisfaction.

On 7 December 2007, MAXjet suspended trading of its shares on AIM, pending clarification of their financial position. ^[2]

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• United Kingdom
  • England
    • London (London Stansted Airport) Hub

• United States
  • California
    • Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport)
  • Nevada
    • Las Vegas (McCarran International Airport)
  • New York
    • New York City (John F. Kennedy International Airport)

The MAXjet Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2007:^[3]

• 1 Boeing 767-200
• 4 Boeing 767-200ER

MAXjet's aircraft are configured with either 92, 94, 100, or 102 seats depending on the individual aircraft, 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" cradle-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 called "MAXplayers", which are provided on 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.

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