Jota Aviation

Jota Aviation Limited was a British specialist charter airline based at London Biggin Hill Airport, United Kingdom. It held a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence No. 2376;[3] and was permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.[4]

Jota Aviation
IATA ICAO Callsign
-[1] ENZ ENZO
Founded2009
Ceased operationsApril 2022[2]
Fleet size3
Parent companyJota Group
HeadquartersSouthend-on-Sea, England

History

Jota Aviation was founded in 2009,[5] to meet the travel and cargo demands of the motorsport industry. Together with the related Jota Sport, Jota Design and Jota Historic divisions, formed the Jota Group.[6]It was expanded into a specialist air charter and aircraft management company, offering 24-hour-a-day response from its London Southend Airport base. The company once declared itself the largest operator of Beechcraft King Air Model 90 aircraft in Europe.[7]

The company offered ad hoc or Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance (wet lease) charter flights on its British Aerospace 146,[5] added to its Air Operator's Certificate in 2014. On 11 January 2016, JOTA announced the addition to their fleet of an Avro RJ85 aircraft.[8] It was delivered to Southend on 5 April 2016. On 20 February 2017, JOTA received an Avro RJ100 formerly operated by Brussels Airlines. On 10 April 2018, JOTA announced an expansion of their cargo fleet with the addition of four BAe 146-300QTs, the first of which, was expected to enter service on 1 June 2018.[9]

Jota Aviation ceased operations in April 2022 and announced in the following month that it was entering liquidation due to negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business.[10][11][12]

Fleet
Jota Aviation British Aerospace 146

Jota Aviation owned and operated seven British Aerospace 146 series aircraft:[13]

Jota Aviation historic fleet
NumberModelConfigurationAcquired
1British Aerospace 146-20095 passengers2014
1British Aerospace Avro RJ8595 passengers2016
1British Aerospace Avro RJ10097 or 58 passengers2017
4British Aerospace 146-300Cargo2018

References
  1. "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. Curran, Andrew (17 April 2022). "UK Charter & Cargo Airline Jota Aviation Calls It A Day". Simple Flying. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. Civil Aviation Authority - AOC List
  4. Civil Aviation Authority - Type A Operating Licence Holders
  5. European Regional Airline Association - ERA welcomes Jota Aviation into membership
  6. "The Group – Jota Advanced Engineering". Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. "JOTA Aviation - About JOTA Aviation". Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  8. "Jota Aviation accepts Avro RJ85".
  9. "Jota Aviation Takes Delivery of First of Four Bae 146-300 QTS Ready to Enter 'Go Now' Cargo Charters". 14 August 2018.
  10. Brett, Damian (30 May 2022). "Jota Aviation appoints liquidators as Covid and Brexit take their toll". Air Cargo News. DVV Media International Ltd. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  11. Kaminski-Morrow, David (27 May 2022). "UK operator Jota to be liquidated after pandemic and Brexit setbacks". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  12. Graham, James (22 May 2022). "Business losses bring down Jota Aviation". Air Cargo Week. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  13. "JOTA Aviation Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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