Jes Air

JES Air
ДЖЕС Еър
Airbus A310 before delivery at Zurich Airport, Switzerland, in 1991
IATA ICAO Call sign
JX JES JES AIR
Founded1991
Ceased operations
1992
HubsSofia Airport
Focus citiesTan Son Nhat Airport
Fleet size3
Destinations6
HeadquartersSofia, Bulgaria
Key peopleMilen Keremidchiev
Airbus A310 at Bangkok International Airport, Thailand, in 1992.

Jes Air was established in 1991 and was one of the first privately owned airlines in Bulgaria. The airline was supported by investment capital of Singapore-based companies. At the beginning, flight operations were on an irregular basis. However some of those eventually became regular schedules. Jes Air became famous for delays, but remained popular due to its low fares.[citation needed]

History

The first route for Jes Air was Sofia–New York City, after an agreement between the two nations. After this the air carrier expanded its routes towards Canada and Asia.

One of the aircraft - LZ-JXB was wet leased to Region Air Pte. LTtd, Singapore and was instrumental in the creation of the "new" Vietnam Airlines. Jes Air went bankrupt only one year after it started flights and at the end of 1992 was re-registered in the Middle East and renamed.

Following the bankruptcy, Region Air employed ex-JES Air pilots and engineers to continue with the development of Vietnam Airlines. The company's director, Milen Keremidchiev, from 2007 became Deputy Foreign Minister of Bulgaria. He is currently a member of the populist party There Is Such a People.

Destinations

It operates long-haul flights to Southeast Asia, Australia, North America and Middle East from its respective hub in Sofia.

Australia

Bulgaria

Canada

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

United States

Vietnam

Fleet

The JES Air fleet included the following aircraft:

JES Air fleet
Aircraft Total Registrations Notes
Airbus A310-200 1 LZ-JXB Hijacked as Flight 850 and sold to Vietnam Airlines
Airbus A310-300 2 LZ-JXA
LZ-JXC		 Both returned to lessors
JXA was leased by Air Niugini
Total 3

Accidents and incidents

Notes

  1. ↑ "Министерство на външните работи - Милен Керемедчиев, заместник-министър на външните работи". Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  2. ↑ Photos - JES Air aircraft captions on BGspotters.net Archived 2015-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Accident description for VN850". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 3 June 2018.