JetsSky maastricht

[vulcan707]

A new airline is starting operation from maastricht in Jan 2004 .aparently to nine destinations.
can anyone tell more about this airline , where is comes from etc...

[Buster the Bear]

www.jetssky.com

[lowfaresbuster]

flights operated by Hola Airways; a Spanish Charter

[Eurekadelta]

The Dutch association of travel companies (ANVR) has warned consumers to be 'careful' when booking tickets through Jetssky.com - as tickets are being sold online despite the company still clearly being in very early stage of start-up.

Although a company spokesman indicated that they were in negotiations with both Airbus and Boeing about the provision of aircraft, and confident to commence operations on the 1st of february, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport indicated that they had not yet received any requests for information regarding slots, parking or handling.

It is estimated that 2500-3000 tickets have already been sold.

For the original story in Dutch go to:
http://www.nu.nl/news.jsp?n=258196&c=50

[zed3]

Hmmmm .....3000 tickets....., my neighbours booked 2 tickets to Norway with them for e150 each.....that's a nice little amount for a paper airline and word on the block is that's all it is !

[lowfaresbuster]

they have put a press release on the website regarding the negative press:


" PRESS RELEASE JANUARY 12, 2004

In response to the extended (partially) negative media attention that jetsSky.com suddenly and without previous announcement has received. We announce the following;

- JetsSky flies from the 1st of February 2004 from Amsterdam but does not depend on only this Dutch airport.

- JetsSky is not a new Dutch airline and has never profiled itself as such. Just like Easyjet did in it’s starting years in the period of 1995 till 1997, jetsSky uses the on the ACMI + Eurocontrol based principle
to lease aircraft and crew. In this way jetsSky can keep her costs very low and gives the management the opportunity to concentrate on putting it’s product on the market. A request for a Dutch AOC is not being considered.

- JetsSky has signed contracts with airlines that will operate from Amsterdam and Billund. Copies of such contracts will be available for viewing by the Press at the central office of jetsSky in Dordrecht.

- Different from the Easyjet approach jetsSky does have the intention to exploit a (Danish) airline in its first year (2004) of operation. This airline will be established in Billund and will be called JetsSky Airlines A/S. But even then jetsSky (Holland) will apart from using aircraft from jetsSky Airlines (Denmark) continue to lease-in aircraft on an ACMI + Eurocontrol basis, because this enhances our flexibility. In Denmark the company jetsSky Airlines A/S is being created with the sole purpose of achieving an own Danish AOC within a period of 2 or 3 months. Since the 1st of December 2003 a full management team has been employed in order to establish jetsSky Airlines A/S.

- The airlines contracted by jetsSky to operate on its behalf do have a contractual duty, based on the IATA regulations, to transport passengers form A to B. This regulation is created by IATA just to protect the passengers in general buying tickets in advance of any flights. All routes operated by jetsSky are in detail being mentioned in jetsSky`s contracts.

- All of the required slot times for Amsterdam (Schiphol) Airport has been acknowledged to jetsSky for all our flights as they are mentioned in our flight schedules. We are also negotiating with handling companies established at Schiphol about our fees, baggage handling and certain warranties. A copy of acknowledges slots and other documents will be available for viewing by the press at the jetsSky office located in Dordrecht."



There is also another story on the Dutch page- maybe Eurekadelta can translate againhttp://www.nu.nl/news.jsp?n=259102&c=50

[Eurekadelta]

The article mentioned can be (roughly) translated as follows:

"Consumer Association inundated with questions about JetsSky

Published: 12 januari 2004 15:43

On monday the Consumer Association received a large number of phonecalls from worried people, who had booked flights with JetsSky. The travel industry has recently warned consumers against booking with this company.

(it then repeats the warning from the previous article)

Many customers are worried, and are wondering if JetsSky can be trusted, according to the Consumer Association. 'They are worried whether they will get their money back in case the company goes bankrupt'.

The Association recommends that people do not book travel through JetsSky. 'It is very strange that tickets are already being sold, eventhough not everything has been arranged. If you do decide to book, you will run a higher risk'. The Association is now going to ask the ministry of Transport why JetsSky is able/allowed to sell flights already.

(JetsSky statement, containing same information as contained on their website)

Finally JetsSky state that, in contrast to comments made by a spokesperson from Schiphol Airport, they ARE in negotiations with Schiphol regarding matters such as handling and parking.

Enjoy.