First full year of operations

Silverjet celebrated its first full year of operations on 25 January 2008. Since the launch of

its daily service to New York Newark from its private terminal facilities at London Luton in

January 2007 the airline has introduced further daily services to New York Newark and

Dubai, flying into the executive terminal at the Emirate. The use of private terminals at

both ends on the London Luton to Dubai route is among many firsts for a commercial

airline.

Silverjet reached a load factor of 60% within its third full month of operations and achieved

an 80% load factor in August 2007 before the introduction of its second daily service on the

New York Newark route on 22 September 2007. The Dubai route was launched from

Silverjet's Luton base on 18 November 2007.

Silverjet won numerous awards during its first year of operation, including The Sunday

Times Travel's prestigious Best Airline award and Conde Nast Traveller's Best Business Class

Airline and the Design and Innovation awards.

Silverjet has secured two further Boeing 767 Extended Range aircraft from Thomsonfly

Limited for delivery in March 2008. These aircraft have an operational range of over 9,600

kilometres (6,000 miles) from London Luton Airport, Silverjet's base. In addition to New

York Newark and Dubai, the aircraft will be capable of operating from London Luton, for

example, to Delhi, Johannesburg, Mauritius, Shanghai or Los Angeles carrying 100

passengers.

Source:Transportweekly