JetXtra told to stop selling tickets by CAA over Jet2 name row
23.01.12
Start-up airline JetXtra has been told to stop selling tickets by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) following threatened legal action from rival airline Jet2, Travel Weekly report. JetXtra, a new low-cost airline arm of operator CTT Group, is planning to launch flights from Humberside Airport to Majorca and Malaga from June.
Jet2 threatened legal action against JetXtra last week, claiming that its name is ‘misleading and confusing’ for customers and was in some way associated with its own business. The new airline has now been told by the aviation regulator that until a decision is made by Jet2 in relation to any legal proceedings, the JetXtra trading name will not be allowed on to the ATOL licence of CTT Group and will as a result have to stop selling tickets under the JetXtra brand.
JetXtra director Daniel Reilly told Travel Weekly: ‘We are naturally incredibly disappointed by this decision. To be hit with this at the most crucial time for our business and of course one of the busiest times of the year for summer holiday bookings, is a massive blow.'
‘The decision would appear to be a knee-jerk reaction by the CAA, as our legal advisors have told us that until such time that an injunction is granted, or there was a court ruling in Jet2's favour, we are free to continue trading as JetXtra. We will be appealing this decision and hope we can recommence sales under the JetXtra brand without too much of a loss to our business.’
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