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| Founded | 2003 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 24 December 2007[1] | ||||||
| Hubs | London Stansted | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | MAXflier | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 4 | ||||||
| Parent company | MAXjet Airways, Inc | ||||||
| Headquarters | Washington Dulles International Airport, Sterling, Virginia | ||||||
| Key people | William D. Stockbridge, CEO | ||||||
| Website | http://www.maxjet.com, http://www.maxjet.org | ||||||
MAXjet Airways was an American, transatlantic, all-business class airline that operated between 2003 and 2007. Its headquarters were located on the grounds of Washington-Dulles International Airport, and in the Dulles area of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States.[2]
MAXjet operated 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.[3]
From the beginning, MAXjet Airways may have been compromised by a lack of economies of scale, having only a maximum of 5 aircraft at the height of its operations, although this is similar to other competing airlines in this class (EOS, SilverJet [4] etc.). It offered passengers airport lounge access (flagship lounge at Stansted; shared, non-proprietary at JFK and LAX; not available in Las Vegas), premium complimentary meals and beverages and on-demand in-flight entertainment.
On 24 December 2007, the airline filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and ceased operations.[5] The airline confirmed that Eos Airlines was to accommodate passengers on their Stansted to JFK services.[6]
- ^ All-business class MAXjet to file for bankruptcy
- ^ "Contact Us," MAXjet Airways. February 18, 2007. Retrieved on September 25, 2009. "44965 Aviation Drive, Suite 260 Dulles, VA 20166, USA "
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 10 April 2007. p. 48.
- ^ Fountain, Sam, Silverjet plans expansion through multi-million pound funding drive Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, Business Weekly, November 26, 2007
- ^ "Maxjet Airways Chapter 11 Petition" (PDF). PacerMonitor. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Wilen, John, Maxjet in last-ditch talks, Associated Press, December 24, 2007