Jonathian Airways

Jonathian Airways (JA) is the flag carrier airline of Jonathia. It is headquartered in Jetzeburg, near its main hub at Gandon Airport. It is one of three major Jonathian airlines, alongside Meridian Air Lines and Federal Airlines.
The airline is the largest Jonathia-based carrier, based on fleet size and passengers carried. In January 2011 JA merged with Maidair, creating the Universal Group of Air Travel (UGAT), a holding company registered in Bullington, Maideria. UGAT is the world's third-largest airline group in terms of annual revenue and the second-largest in Tapanthia. It is listed on the Jetzeburg Stock Exchange and in the FTSE 100 Index. Jonathian Airways is the first passenger airline to have generated more than JN₳1 billion on a single air route in a year (from 1 April 2017, to 31 March 2018, on the Jumanji-Jetzeburg route).
JA was created in 1974 after a Jonathian Airways Board was established by the Jonathian government to manage the two nationalised airline corporations, Jonathian Overseas Airways Corporation and Jonathian Tapanthian Airways, and two regional airlines, Gelto-Lollese Airways and Northwest Airlines. On 31 March 1974, all four companies were merged to form Jonathian Airways. However, it marked 2019 as its centenary based on predecessor companies. After almost 13 years as a state company, JA was privatised in February 1987 as part of a wider privatisation plan by the JFP government.
It is a founding member of the Jetgroup airline alliance, along with Air Canadia. The alliance has since grown to become the third-largest, after Sky Alliance and AtmosTeam.
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