- Interjet
Infobox_Airline
airline=Interjet
logo_size=260
fleet_size=13
destinations=16
IATA=4O
ICAO=AIJ
callsign=Interjet
parent=
founded=2005
headquarters=Toluca ,Mexico
key_people=Jose Luis Graza Alvarez (CEO )
hubs=Lic. Adolfo López Mateos Int'l Airport
focus_cities=Gen. Mariano Escobedo Int'l Airport
Don Miguel Hidalgo Int'l AirportMexico City International Airport
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=
website= http://www.interjet.com.mxInterjet is a low-cost airline based in
Toluca ,Mexico . It operates scheduled services between Toluca and 15 other Mexican cities. Its main base isLic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport , Toluca.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work=Flight International | page= 94 | date= 2007-04-03]History
The airline started operations on
December 1 2005 and is wholly owned by the Aleman Group. It started scheduled operations with a fleet of seven pre-ownedAirbus A320 aircraft.cite news | title=Interjet receives first new aircraft | work=Airliner World | page=18 | date= August 2007] Interjet took overAero California 's slots inMexico City International Airport and began flying to it inAugust 2008 .Destinations
Fleet
The Interjet fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of
19 September 2008 ) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=INJ&al_op=1] [ [http://www.interjet.com.mx/Flota.aspx Interjet Fleet] ] :*13
Airbus A320-214 It is currently leasing seven ex-
Volare Airlines 150-seat Airbus A320-214s from GATX pending delivery of 16 new aircraft from 2008 (4 per year). Interjet also holds ten options for A320s. Fact|date=February 2007 OnJanuary 10 ,2007 , Airbus announced that Interjet converted ten options for A320s to firm orders. [ [http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2007-01-10T161017Z_01_PAC007452_RTRIDST_0_AIRBUS-INTERJET.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna Article Reuters - Airbus aircraft orders] 10 January 2007]Interjet has taken delivery of its first new Airbus A320 aircraft, the first 4 of 20 ordered, for use on its domestic network.
As of
19 September 2008 , the average age of the Interjet fleet is 4.7 years ( [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Interjet%20ABC.htm] ).Regional Interjet
Interjet plans to launch a regional airline called in Spanish Interjet Regional would start in 2009/2010External links
* [http://www.interjet.com.mx Interjet]
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