JAMBO AIRLINES, LTD.: Nigeria (1983-1992). Created at Lagos in early 1983, Jambo is outfitted with four Dornier 228-201s and begins revenue flights in the summer to domestic locations.
Six years later in 1989, Managing Director S. Ibrahim Muhamad’s fleet comprises 2 British Aerospace BAe (HS) 748-2Bs and 1 BAe (HS) 125. Both passenger and cargo charters are undertaken until the carrier ceases operations in late 1992.
JANA-ARKA AIR: Ningradova, Alma Ata, 480012, Kazakhstan; Phone 7 (3272) 632 874; Fax 7 (3272) 631 909; Code JAK; Year Founded 1996. Under the direction of President Yalken Valin, Jana-
Arka is established at Alma Ata in 1996 to offer regional passenger charters. Revenue flights begin with a single leased Ilyushin Il-86.
Service is maintained throughout the remainder of the decade and into the new millennium. During these years, airline employment grows to 150 and 2 Tupolev Tu-154Bs join the fleet.
JANES AVIATION, LTD.: United Kingdom (1987-1992). Andrew S. and Hilary Janes establish this concern at Southend Airport in November 1987. Having originally planned to operate a think tank to review the commercial air cargo scene, the Janes sign a contract with Lynx Express Delivery Network, a division of the National Freight Corporation, to operate night newspaper and mail services. Employing a leased Pilatus Britten-Norman PBN-2 Islander, overnight flights commence on December 1 to various destinations north of England.
Over the next three years, a variety of aircraft are flown on behalf of Lynx, including the larger Douglas DC-3, Shorts 330s, Handley Page Herald, and British Aerospace (HS) 748. The company undertakes revenue flights to the Isle of Man, Leeds/Bradford, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Coventry, and London (STN). To accommodate its customers, the company moves to Blackpool Airport, but when that facility, in light of environmental concerns, refuses to allow continuation of night operations with larger aircraft, the enterprise is removed to Speke Airport at Liverpool.
A contract is obtained from the British Post Office to perform Royal Mail flights and new routes are opened to Belfast and Dublin in Ireland at the beginning of the 1990s.
The first owned BAe 748 is purchased in January 1992 and, on June 1, the entire six-unit fleet of the former Dan Air/Dan Air Services, Ltd. is purchased. On June 16, the carrier is incorporated as Emerald Airways, Ltd. (2) in 1992.
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