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Jetsgo Corporation was a Canadian low-cost carrier based in the Saint-Laurent area of Montreal.〔"(Talk to Us )." Jetsgo. Retrieved on June 5, 2009.〕 Jetsgo 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. According to news outlets, the airline was still processing orders and taking payments for flights the very night before they claimed bankruptcy.〔(CBC's follow-up to Jetsgo's closure ) - ''cbc.ca''〕 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. ==History== Jetsgo was launched on June 12, 2001 and 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 Aviation, 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. Employees were finally paid for the time prior to the airline's shutdown on March 14, 2005. Passengers who had purchased Jetsgo tickets were forced to apply for refunds through their credit card companies or travel agencies. Air Canada and WestJet ran additional flights to bring the stranded passengers home. Because of its abrupt shutdown, the Jetsgo name was frequently corrupted to "Jetsgone" in media reports, and a website that was created by a Satoshi Takano (a passenger) for former employees operated under that name for some time after the company's demise. Public mention of the airline occurred again in February 2007 when it was reported that the US military was using the former call sign assigned to Jetsgo during flights over European Union (EU) territory. The report went on to allege that the call sign had been used by flights involving so-called "Extraordinary rendition" flights.〔''(US military planes criss-cross Europe using bogus call sign )'' February 17, 2007 The Sunday Times.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jetsgo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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