Jes Air

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title: "Jes Air" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["defunct-airlines-of-bulgaria", "airlines-established-in-1991", "airlines-disestablished-in-1992", "1992-disestablishments-in-bulgaria", "bulgarian-companies-established-in-1991"] topic_path: "general/defunct-airlines-of-bulgaria" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes_Air" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
airline	JES Air
ДЖЕС Еър
logo	Jesair.gif
logo_size	150
IATA	JX
ICAO	JES
callsign	JES AIR
founded	1991
ceased	1992
hubs	Sofia Airport
focus_cities	Tan Son Nhat Airport
fleet_size	3
destinations	6
headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
key_people	Milen Keremidchiev
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JES Air was founded in 1991 and was one of the first privately owned airlines in Bulgaria. The airline was supported with capital from Singapore-based companies. JES Air was famous for its delays, but despite this, passengers used the airline because of the cheap prices it offered.

History

The first route for JES Air was Sofia–New York City, due to an agreement between the two countries, and it then expanded its destinations towards Canada and Asia.

One of the aircraft - LZ-JXB was wet leased to REGION AIR PTE. LTD., Singapore and took place in the creation of the new face of Vietnam Airlines. "JES Air" fell into bankruptcy only one year after it started flights and at the end of 1992 was re-registered in the Middle East and renamed.

Following the bankruptcy, REGION AIR PTE. LTD. had employed ex-JES Air Bulgarian pilots and engineers to continue with the development of Vietnam Airlines. The company's director, Milen Keremidchiev, later became Deputy Foreign Minister of Bulgaria from 2007. He is currently a member of the populist party There Is Such a People.

Destinations

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Jes_Air_Airbus_A310-200_Wallner.jpg" caption="A JES Air [[Airbus A310]] prior to delivery at [[Zurich Airport]], Switzerland in 1991."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Airbus_A310-222,_Jes_Air_AN0192306.jpg" caption="Bangkok International Airport]], Thailand in 1992."] ::

Australia

Melbourne - Melbourne Airport Bulgaria
Sofia - Sofia Airport Canada
Ottawa - Macdonald–Cartier Airport Singapore
Singapore - Changi Airport United Arab Emirates
Dubai - Dubai Airport United States
New York City - John F. Kennedy Airport Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City - Tan Son Nhat Airport second hub

Fleet

The JES Air fleet included the following aircraft:

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Aircraft	Total	Registrations	Notes
Airbus A310-200	1	LZ-JXB	Sold to Vietnam Airlines
Airbus A310-300	2	LZ-JXA
LZ-JXC	Both returned to lessors
JXA was leased by Air Niugini
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Accidents and incidents

4 September 1992: Vietnam Airlines Flight 850, an Airbus A310-200, registration LZ-JXB, leased from Jes Air, with 127 occupants on board en route from Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City, hijacked by Ly Tong, a former pilot in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force. He then dropped anti-communist leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City before parachuting out. Vietnamese security forces later arrested him on the ground. The aircraft landed safely, and no one on board was injured. He was released from a Hanoi prison in 1998.

Notes

References

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