Private Jet Expeditions

Private Jet Expeditions

Private Jet Expeditions logo
IATA ICAO Callsign 5J PJE Pee Jay
Commenced operations	1989
Ceased operations	March 1995
Operating bases	Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport
Fleet size	See Fleet below
Destinations	Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Las Vegas, New York]]
Parent company	Oasis Group
Headquarters	Wichita, Kansas, then Atlanta, Georgia
Key people	Jack P. DeBoer

Private Jet Expeditions (IATA: PJE, ICAO: 5J, Call sign: Pee Jay) was a charter airline that was part of the Oasis Group from Spain.

History

Private Jet Expeditions was founded in 1989 by Wichita, Kansas entrepreneur Jack P. DeBoer and began operations with a former TWA Boeing 727 aircraft to tourist destinations around the world operating under FAR Pt 121. After Deboer sold the company its headquarters was moved to Atlanta, GA and was later owned by Apple Vacations and then by the Spanish consortium OASIS. When Oasis took over, the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 was put into service and service was expanded, including scheduled flights. In 1993 it had a scheduled route from Chicago to Atlanta and on to Miami. According to the September 15, 1994 edition of the Official Airline Guide (OAG), the air carrier was operating McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 and MD-80 jetliners as National Airlines with the same "5J" airline code.^[1] According to the OAG, routes at this time included Miami-Atlanta-Dallas/Fort Worth-Las Vegas, New York LaGuardia-Atlanta-Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami-Atlanta-New York LaGuardia, and Chicago Midway-Atlanta-St. Thomas-St.Croix. At one point, an MD-80 was leased by French carrier Air Liberte and used to briefly operate a scheduled Chicago Midway-San Francisco route while retaining the full livery of the French carrier. Because of poor load factors these routes were abandoned in 1994 and shortly thereafter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection was sought. The charter operations did not go well and by March 1995 operations were permanently suspended.^[2]

Fleet

A Private Jet Expeditions McDonnell Douglas MD-83 in 1993

• 1 - Boeing 727-31
• 3 - Boeing 727-223
• 2 - Douglas DC-9|Douglas DC-9-51
• 1 - Boeing 720-022
• 1 - McDonnell Douglas MD-82
• 12 - McDonnell Douglas MD-83
• 1 - McDonnell Douglas MD-87

External links

Media related to Private Jet Expeditions at Wikimedia Commons

• Private Jet MD-83 image, Airliners.net

References

1. Official Airline Guide, September 15, 1992
2. Bi Hengi, Airlines Remembered, Midland Publishing Hengi, B. I. (2000). Airlines Remembered: Over 200 Airlines of the Past, Described and Illustrated in Colour. London, UK: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1857800913.