Air Jamaica Travel Airline
About Air Jamaica,
Jamaican Airline
At Air Jamaica, there is
Red Carpet
treatment for
each and every passenger. Needless to say, Air Jamaica always goes the extra
mile, because Air Jamaica, wants to be your carrier of choice. And Air
Jamaica also knows that competition is fierce. That's why Air Jamaica is
sure that you'll be as excited about our Red Carpet Services
as they are. The
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With over 30 years of service and the most modern fleet in the western
hemisphere, Air Jamaica is truly “The World’s Best Airline to the Caribbean.
Air Jamaica began operations in 1966 as the first Jamaican based
international airline. It was governed by a tripartite agreement between the
Government of Jamaica, BWIA, and BOAC (now British Airways). The name Air
Jamaica was changed on April 1, 1969 to Air Jamaica Limited, and Jamaica’s
first official airline was born with the Government of Jamaica holding
majority shares in the airline. Air Canada held a minority interest and
provided equipment, technology, training, pilots, and some top management.
Then in 1984, the Jamaican Government acquired the airline through a “buy
back” agreement with Air Canada. Ten years later, in 1994, the Government of
Jamaica embarked on a privatization exercise. Gordon “Butch” Stewart led Air
Jamaica Acquisition Group (AJAG) acquired majority ownership of the national
airline with the government retaining a minority stake. In 2004, after
severe turbulence in the airline industry and massive financial losses, the
Government of Jamaica reclaimed full control of the airline. Businessman,
O.K. Melhado
is chairman of the board and veteran airline executive, Mike Conway
is the President and CEO of Air Jamaica.
Air Jamaica now provides more non-stop flights from its North American
gateways to the Caribbean and Jamaica than any other carrier serving the
region. The Jamaican airline offers scheduled service with more than 350
direct flights per week from Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Chicago, Ft.
Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York (JFK), Orlando, and
Philadelphia in the U.S.; Toronto, Canada and London, England, to Montego
Bay and Kingston in Jamaica, and to the Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, Cuba,
Curaçao, Grand Cayman and Grenada in the Caribbean. In addition, the
Jamaican airline’s code share agreement with Delta Air Lines, and its joint
fare arrangements and compatible schedules with United, and other U.S.
carriers, extend its access to over 150 cities within the Continental U.S.
Over the years, the Jamaican airline’s main focus has been service
excellence. Air Jamaica is a totally customer-friendly carrier, with one
goal: to be the best Jamaican airline, not only in the region, but also in
the world. The Jamaican airline maintains a fully computerized Reservations
Centre in Jamaica with links to most major reservations systems worldwide.
Our courteous and knowledgeable staff at the Reservations Centre as well as
at our subsidiaries, Air Jamaica Vacations and Air Jamaica Holidays, will
advise you of the best Jamaican travel options available, helping you to
plan the perfect Jamaican vacation or business conference.
Air Jamaica operates two Airbus A-340s, six A-321's and seven A-320's with a
total lift of over 3,200 seats on a daily basis. Our state of the art,
luxurious Jamaican aircraft will take you to your Jamaican destination in
style and comfort and our well-trained In-Flight Jamaican crew and highly
experienced Jamaican pilots ensure that your flight is safe and enjoyable.
Every day Air Jamaica find ways to fine-tune and improve their unique
Jamaican product so that, the Air Jamaica airline can offer our customers
the best value for their money.
To apprise you of Air Jamaica’s many services and to give you an insight
into the kaleidoscope of the Jamaican culinary, Jamaican cultural, Jamaican
geographical and Jamaican historical treasures in each destination, Air
Jamaica provides you with a complimentary copy of Sky writings the Jamaican
airline’s own in-flight magazine. Additionally, for your viewing pleasure,
Air Jamaica proudly presents our award winning in-flight video, Island
Style. Our in-flight video is a unique magazine program featuring all the
latest happenings, best Jamaican cuisine, Jamaican fashions and Jamaican
attractions that our destinations have to offer. Our duty free Sky Shop
offers for sale a variety of attractively-priced Jamaican liquors,
cigarettes and perfumes as well as the world renowned Jamaican Blue Mountain
Coffee among other novelty items.
Air Jamaica continues to take
the hassle out of travel for its customers. With new e-services, passengers can
make reservations and purchase their tickets on-line or over the phone without
leaving the comfort of their home or office. For those passengers traveling
without bags Air Jamaica now offer express check-in, a shorter, easier check-in
process which gives you more time to browse the duty-free shops in the departure
lounge and less time waiting in line. Air Jamaica also offers hotel check-in at
the major hotels in Jamaica’s primary resort towns of Montego Bay, Negril, and
Ocho Rios so that passengers are able to check their luggage through to their
final Jamaican destination, get a boarding pass, a seat assignment and pay their
departure tax right at their hotel. This will allow you, our valued customer,
more time to relax and enjoy the last few hours of your vacation, as you will
not need to be at the airport any more than 60 minutes before flight time.
Air Jamaica’s superior service is ranked among the best in the world and the
airline has won such accolades as the Five Star Diamond Award (five straight
years) a distinction that ranks it among the top airlines of the world. Air
Jamaica has been named Best Airline to the Caribbean by the World Travel Awards
for the seventh consecutive year. The Jamaican airline was also nominated as
Modern Bride’s Best Honeymoon Airline a title it has held for 3 consecutive
years.
Air Jamaica is a major contributor to the economy of Jamaica. It provides
support to Jamaica’s number one foreign exchange earner, the tourism industry,
as Air Jamaica also contributes to the productive sector. Air Jamaica flies more
people annually to Jamaica from its various gateways, than any other airline
commanding over 51% of the market. Air Jamaica Cargo accounts for over 70 % of
air cargo traffic to the island. Air Jamaica Cargo is deeply involved in the
growth of Jamaica's agricultural sector and the development of industrial and
Jamaican international commerce. Air Jamaica cargo arm is the primary air
carrier of Jamaica's agricultural produce to North America and supplies the
shipping needs of both our Jamaican micro-businesses and Jamaican large
corporations. For three consecutive years Air Jamaica Cargo has won the
Institute of Transport Management’s Airline of the Year Award for Best Regional
Scheduled Cargo Airline.
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