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By: 2nd July 2005 at 20:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Surprised we haven't heard of this before.
Washington and New York to London Stansted could probably work, but I get the feeling this might be another airline that never actually starts up, a lot like that Canadian airline that promised direct 757 flights to Canada from London Stansted only last year.
By: 2nd July 2005 at 21:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-A summary of another story on this airline, but now from the Washinton Post. The full article can be found here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/27/AR2005062701754.html?sub=new but a (free) subscription is required.
A 19-month-old Northern Virginia company that planned to launch service this spring [...] is still parked at the gate, awaiting final approval from the federal government.[Maxjet] set its sights on flying to Britain from Baltimore-Washington International Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport sometime this fall.
Maxjet has received initial approval from the Transportation Department, which evaluates the economic health of prospective airlines, to fly to Britain and 14 other countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Chile and Taiwan -- destinations the airline has announced no immediate plans to serve.
But the company is awaiting approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, which focuses on safety issues. [...] "I would stress that the issues that have to be worked out are not at all unusual."
"We expect to complete FAA certification in the near future," Marks said yesterday.
Photo: Maxjet Airways Photo via Washington Post
By: 3rd July 2005 at 12:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Well this definitely looks the furthest one of these start-ups has got, as they actually appear to own a plane. Still waiting for more news on Eos airlines... http://www.eosairlines.com/index.html
A route to the East coast would definitely work, it is where STN is severely lacking. There are hundreds of thousands of people (if not millions) living in the Herts, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk areas of the South-East that would use a route to the East coast from STN, rather than taking on the pretty ridiculous transport system to get them accross London to LHR of LGW.
By: 3rd July 2005 at 12:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Canadian airline that promised direct 757 flights to Canada from London Stansted only last year.
Can you remember who this was? Because Zoom fly from Stansted, but on a rather useless once-fortnightly service.
By: 3rd July 2005 at 19:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Can you remember who this was? Because Zoom fly from Stansted, but on a rather useless once-fortnightly service.
It wasn't the airline that used the 'original' "Canada 3000" was it? I remember they were going to operate 757s and onward connections from whichever Candian airport they operated to, included Saint Maarten.
By: 3rd July 2005 at 19:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hope they will also fly to Berlin SXF (SXF because it is the low cost airport of Berlin :) )
By: 3rd July 2005 at 20:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-If its ex Excel Airways that means it most probably belongs to Air Atlanta.
By: 4th July 2005 at 18:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Well, all I can say is good luck to the airline
By: 5th July 2005 at 16:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Looks like a sound plan.
By: 6th July 2005 at 13:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-If this venture does go ahead, it will also allow people to connect to the major U.S Loco hubs - JetBlue at JFK and Southwest at Baltimore.Not directly though of course :p
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By: tenthije - 2nd July 2005 at 14:44
Translated from Dutch:
Visit http://www.maxjet.com/ for more information.
Judging from the colours on the tail and what little can be seen on the website the plane will be ex-Excel airways.