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Jetsgo

Jetsgo (IATA: SG, ICAO: JGO, and Callsign: Jetsgo) was a Canadian low-cost carrier based in Montreal, which served 19 destinations across Canada, 10 destinations in the United States, and 12 scheduled weekend-charter destinations in the Caribbean. Jetsgo abruptly ended service and entered bankruptcy protection on March 11, 2005, leaving thousands of passengers stranded, right at the beginning of the busy March-break travel season.

Soon after its demise, the company pledged to make a comeback as a charter-only airline, but on May 13, 2005, the airline officially declared bankruptcy, cancelled plans to relaunch service, and began the process of liquidation. The airline jets have now been repainted into Air Canada jets.

History

Jetsgo was launched on June 12, 2002 and abruptly ceased operations on March 11, 2005. The airline was Canada's third largest airline at the time with up to 10% of the domestic market. Expert analysts widely blame the airline itself for poor management. Founder Michel Leblanc had previously founded Royal Airlines, which he later sold to Canada 3000.

On March 11, 2005, Jetsgo abruptly announced that it had ceased operations. The action stranded hundreds of passengers in airports and at their travel destinations with no way home, the defunct airline having made no arrangements with other carriers to handle their passengers. This occurred on the Friday morning before the March Break holiday season, one of the busiest air travel days in 8 of 10 provinces. 1200 employees also lost their jobs. Jetsgo accumulated $55 million in debt in the last eight months before it closed abruptly. Employees were finally paid for the time prior to the airline's shutdown on March 14, 2005.

Staff

The following is a list of employees employed at the time of the airline's insolvency:

  • 1,200 full-time
  • 1,350 part-time
  • 550 pilots and flight attendants
  • 430 maintenance and ramp crew
  • 220 customer service representatives

Source: Toronto Star March 14 ,2005 p A7

Incidents and Accidents

In March 2005 Transport Canada said that investigators found issues with the operating methods of Jetsgo. The deficiencies were discovered during "a special inspection" into engine problems revealed after a forced landing in January 2005.

Here is a list of incidents reported about Jetsgo:

  • Year # of incidents
  • 2002 - 5
  • 2003 - 15
  • 2004 - 32
  • 2005 - 7
  • Total (2002-2005): 60

Source: Transportation Safety Board of Canada / Toronto Star March 17, 2005 p C9

On 20 January 2005 a Jetsgo McDonnell Douglas MD-83 landing in poor weather and low visibility at Calgary International Airport, Canada, veered left off runway 34 and hit a runway hold sign, damaging landing gear and flaps. The plane then declared a missed approach, took off and landed again. There were no casualties (ref: Flight International, July 2005).

Destinations

Canada

  • Alberta
    • Calgary
    • Edmonton
    • Fort McMurray
  • British Columbia
    • Abbotsford
    • Kelowna
    • Prince George
    • Vancouver
    • Victoria
  • Manitoba
    • Winnipeg
  • Newfoundland
    • Stephenville
    • St. John's
  • Nova Scotia
    • Halifax
    • Sydney
  • New Brunswick
    • Moncton
  • Prince Edward Island
    • Charlottetown
  • Ontario
    • Ottawa
    • Toronto
  • Quebec
    • Montreal
    • Quebec City
  • Saskatchewan
    • Saskatoon

United States of America

  • California
    • Los Angeles
  • Florida
    • Fort Lauderdale
    • Fort Myers
    • Sanford (Orlando)
    • Sarasota/Bradenton
    • St. Petersburg
    • West Palm Beach
  • Nevada
    • Las Vegas
  • New Jersey
    • Newark
  • New York
    • New York LaGuardia

Jetsgo was in competition with other carriers, such as Air Canada, WestJet, Canjet, American Airlines, and United Airlines.

Charter operations

Jetsgo also operated weekend scheduled charter services from Toronto and Montreal to destinations in:

Cuba

  • Cayo Coco
  • Havana
  • Manzanillo
  • Santa Clara
  • Santiago
  • Varadero

The Dominican Republic

  • La Romana
  • Puerto Plata
  • Santo Domingo
  • Santiago

Mexico

  • Cancún
  • Cozumel

Fleet

Jetsgo operated a fleet of 14 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and 15 Fokker F100; three more Fokker 100s were due for delivery in 2005. All aircraft were configured in an "all-economy" setting typical of low-cost carriers. Jetsgo also had special "comfort plus" sections on most of their planes which featured more leg room on seats A and B in rows 1 - 12, as well as no middle seat.

Slogan

"Jetsgo. Pay for little. Fly a lot."


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There were no casualties (ref: Flight International, July 2005). As the Passover points backward to the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage, it also points to salvation by way of the death of the Lamb of God. The plane then declared a missed approach, took off and landed again. Setting the tone of the entire law and prophets is an attack on the seed of the woman; first with Abel, then the Sons of God, Abraham, Moses and the decree to kill the male children, Saul throwing spears at David and so forth. On 20 January 2005 a Jetsgo McDonnell Douglas MD-83 landing in poor weather and low visibility at Calgary International Airport, Canada, veered left off runway 34 and hit a runway hold sign, damaging landing gear and flaps. It is the solution to the curse of Genesis 3:15. Source: Transportation Safety Board of Canada / Toronto Star March 17, 2005 p C9. The Passover, with the accompanying first day of unleavened bread and subsequent first fruits is the single most important symbolic type, pointing to the anti-type of Christ.

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The following is a list of employees employed at the time of the airline's insolvency:. There is a dish of maror or "bitter [herbs]" which represent the bitterness of slavery. Employees were finally paid for the time prior to the airline's shutdown on March 14, 2005. There is a dish of chopped fruits, nuts, and wine called Charoset which represents the mortar used by the Jews in bondage. Jetsgo accumulated $55 million in debt in the last eight months before it closed abruptly. There is a green, leafy vegetable (usually celery (Sephardic tradition) or parsley/lettuce (Ashkenazi tradition)) called Karpas which reminds the participants that Passover corresponds with Spring and the harvest, which, in ancient times was a cause for celebration itself. 1200 employees also lost their jobs. It has a roasted egg called a Beitzah which represents the second offerings given at the temple in Jerusalem on Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot.

This occurred on the Friday morning before the March Break holiday season, one of the busiest air travel days in 8 of 10 provinces. There is a roasted shank bone of a paschal lamb called a Z'roa which represents the offerings at the Temple in Jerusalem on Passover. The action stranded hundreds of passengers in airports and at their travel destinations with no way home, the defunct airline having made no arrangements with other carriers to handle their passengers. During the seder, a platter called the "Seder Plate" (ke'ara), covered with symbols of Passover, is placed at the center of the table in view of all. On March 11, 2005, Jetsgo abruptly announced that it had ceased operations. If the children find it, they receive a reward or ransom, as the seder cannot end until the afikomen is found. Founder Michel Leblanc had previously founded Royal Airlines, which he later sold to Canada 3000. In the other custom, an adult hides the afikomen and the children look for it at the end of the meal.

Expert analysts widely blame the airline itself for poor management. If the parent can't find it, the child is given a reward for the return of the afikomen. The airline was Canada's third largest airline at the time with up to 10% of the domestic market. In one custom, a child "steals" it and the parent has to find it. Jetsgo was launched on June 12, 2002 and abruptly ceased operations on March 11, 2005. Two distinct customs have arisen among some Jews regarding the afikomen, both of which involve the afikomen being hidden as a means of keeping the children interested in the proceedings. . The smaller piece is returned to the set of matzohs while the larger piece is designated as the afikomen, or the "dessert" matzoh.

The airline jets have now been repainted into Air Canada jets. During the seder, the middle matzoh is broken in two. Soon after its demise, the company pledged to make a comeback as a charter-only airline, but on May 13, 2005, the airline officially declared bankruptcy, cancelled plans to relaunch service, and began the process of liquidation. At the seder three matzohs are used. Jetsgo abruptly ended service and entered bankruptcy protection on March 11, 2005, leaving thousands of passengers stranded, right at the beginning of the busy March-break travel season. It is traditional for a Jewish family to gather on the first two nights (only one night in Israel) for a special dinner called a seder (derived from the Hebrew word for "order", due to the very specific order of the ceremony) where the story of the Israelite exodus from Egypt is retold by the reading of the story in the seder prayer book, the Haggadah. Jetsgo (IATA: SG, ICAO: JGO, and Callsign: Jetsgo) was a Canadian low-cost carrier based in Montreal, which served 19 destinations across Canada, 10 destinations in the United States, and 12 scheduled weekend-charter destinations in the Caribbean. The first and seventh days are observed as full holidays, as are the second and eighth days for Diaspora Jews.

Cozumel. Passover is a family holiday and a happy one. Cancún. The holiday is also preceded by the fast of the firstborn. Santiago. Throughout the holiday, they will eat no leavened food, replacing breads, pastas, and cakes with matzoh and other specially prepared foods. Santo Domingo. This tradition is called bedikat chametz ("search [for] leavened").

Puerto Plata. There is a custom to conduct a formal search for overlooked leavening, on the evening prior to the start of the holiday. La Romana. Although many do a thorough job, so that not even a crumb remains, the law only requires the elimination of olive-sized quantities of leavening from one's possession. Varadero. Before the holiday begins, observant Jews will remove and discard all food with leavening (called chametz) from their households. Santiago. Passover is a Jewish holiday central to Judaism.

Santa Clara. Thus, to critical scholarship, rather than being connected to remembrance of an ancient plague, the modern passover festival is the combination of two similar ancient festivals celebrating successful yields in farming, one of agriculture, and the other of livestock. Manzanillo. wheat and barley), whereas the passover, interpreted as the feast of the spring lamb, is pointed to as being a festival of the firstborn of livestock farming. Havana. Critical scholarship points to the festival of unleavened bread as the festival of the firstborn of the agricultural crops (i.e. Cayo Coco. It is only in the Holiness Code and the priestly source that a community sacrifice is mentioned for the day, JE does not mention such a thing.

New York LaGuardia. According to the ancient Holiness Code, which in the documentary hypothesis is believed to pre-date much of the remainder of the priestly source portion of the torah, the festival of unleavened bread and the passover are distinguished as separate festivals (Leviticus 23). New York

    . Thus, the passover festival was originally the spring lamb festival, explaining the sacrifice of a lamb, and the use of its blood. Newark. This change in interpretation would have had to happen before the Elohist wrote down its version of the tale of the plagues, which makes the connection with sparing, thus, according to the documentary hypothesis, this occurred at some time prior to 800BC. New Jersey
      . Consequently, critical scholarship supports the idea that the original meaning of the festival becoming lost over time, and what was once a secondary interpretation of passover as meaning sparing eventually causing an association of the festival with the plagues of Egypt.

      Las Vegas. Critical scholarship indicates that the word now translated passover derives from a root generally meaning skipping, and thus is likely to originally have simply meant the skipping motion of a young lamb. Nevada

        . The scholar Maimonides leaves a short commentary on the end of the verse ("It was Passover" "פסח היה"), indicating that it wasn't necessarily a standard practice to prepare and eat unleavened bread, but that Lot was in a rush to serve the angels, and therefore did not have time to prepare proper, leavened bread. West Palm Beach. For example, Genesis 19:3 makes reference to "unleavened bread" without any reason given. Petersburg. Although the term itself is not mentioned until the Book of Exodus, there are indications that at least parts of the feast were observed in times earlier than the writing of the Book of Exodus.

        St. The noun form, pesach, also appears in that same chapter, in reference to that lamb (sometimes referred to as the paschal lamb), which was sacrificed earlier that day and then eaten on that night: "and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord's passover." (Exodus 12:11). Sarasota/Bradenton. The original verb in the Hebrew Torah is posach. Sanford (Orlando). The Torah goes on to state, that upon seeing the blood, God would pass over the homes of the Israelites. Fort Myers. The final plague of the Plagues of Egypt, the killing of all the firstborn like the other plagues, did not affect Israelites.

        Fort Lauderdale. It came into the English language through William Tyndale's translation of the Bible, and later appeared in the King James Version as well. Florida

          . The term Passover comes from the Hebrew Bible, first mentioned in the Book of Exodus. Los Angeles. . California
            . While many reasons are given for eating matzoh, the book of Exodus explains that it recalls the bread the Israelites ate at the time of the Exodus: in their rush to leave Egypt, they did not have time for the bread to rise.

            Saskatoon. Other customs associated with Passover include eating bitter herbs and other foods specified for the seder meal. Saskatchewan

              . The commandment of retelling the Exodus is fulfilled through a communal ritual called the seder, celebrated on the first two evenings of the holiday (in Israel, only on the first evening). Quebec City. In ancient times (until today among the Samaritans) there was a fourth: the offering of a lamb in the evening on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Nisan (also known as Aviv) and the eating that night of the Passover sacrifice. Montreal. The three main applicable mitzvah associated with the holiday are: eating matzoh, or unleavened bread; the prohibition of eating any foods containing leavening during the holiday1; and the retelling of the Exodus (Mitzrayim).

              Quebec

                . Passover, also known as Pesach or Pesah (פסח pesaḥ), is a Jewish holiday, beginning on the evening of the 14th day of Nisan, that commemorates The Exodus and freedom of the Israelites from Ancient Egypt. Toronto. Nirtzah נירצה (Conclusion). Ottawa. Hallel הלל (Song singing, wine). Ontario
                  . Barech ברך (After dinner blessing and wine; in Ashkenazi families: welcoming of Elijah the Prophet).

                  Charlottetown. Tzafun צפון (Eating of the Afikomen). Prince Edward Island

                    . Shulchan Orech שולחן עורך (Dinner is served; lit., "prepared table"). Moncton. Korech כורך (Eating of Matzah, charoset, and maror). New Brunswick
                      . Maror מרור (Eating of charoset and maror).

                      Sydney. Motzi/Matzah מוציא / מצה (Saying of the matzah blessing). Halifax. Rachtzah רחץ (Second washing of the hands). Nova Scotia

                        . Maggid מגיד (Telling of the Passover story, including reciting the Four Questions). John's. Yachatz יחץ (Breaking the middle matzoh which becomes the Afikomen).

                        St. Karpas כרפס (Dipping of the Karpas in salt water). Stephenville. Ur'chatz ורחץ (The washing of the hands). Newfoundland

                          . Kadesh קדש (Saying of Kiddush blessing and the first cup of wine). Winnipeg. The fourth son is the Jew so unfamiliar with his heritage and traditions that he cannot relate to the subject without personal attention.

                          Manitoba

                            . The Simple son is the Jew that is unlearned;. Victoria. The Wicked son is the Jew that mocks his religion;. Vancouver. The Wise son is the learned Jew;. Prince George.

                            Kelowna. Abbotsford. British Columbia

                              . Fort McMurray.

                              Edmonton. Calgary. Alberta

                                . Total (2002-2005): 60.

                                2005 - 7. 2004 - 32. 2003 - 15. 2002 - 5.

                                Year # of incidents. 220 customer service representatives. 430 maintenance and ramp crew. 550 pilots and flight attendants.

                                1,350 part-time. 1,200 full-time.