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Jet Airways

Jet Airways was an Indian full-service airline founded by Naresh Goyal that operated from 1993 to 2019, once India's largest private carrier before collapsing under debt.

Jet card

A jet card is a prepaid private aviation program where customers buy flight hours at a fixed rate with guaranteed availability, offered by more than 60 providers.

Jet engine ingestion

Jet engine ingestion is the entry of birds, rain, hail, ice crystals, sand, or debris into an aircraft turbine engine, potentially damaging blades or causing thrust loss.

Jet fighter generations

Jet fighter generations, also called generations of jet fighter, are a classification scheme grouping jet fighters by the dominant technologies of each era, from mid-1940s subsonic aircraft to fifth-generation stealth fighters like the F-22.

Jet lag

Jet lag, also called jet lag disorder or jet lag syndrome, is a temporary circadian rhythm sleep disorder from rapid travel across time zones, causing insomnia and daytime sleepiness.

Jet pack

A jet pack, also known as a rocket belt or rocket pack, is a back-mounted device generating vertical thrust for personal flight, first flown by Bell in 1960.

Jet2.com

Jet2.com is a British leisure airline headquartered in Leeds, England. It is the UK's third largest airline and has been a Which? Recommended Provider for ten consecutive years.

JetBlue

JetBlue Airways Corporation is an American low-cost airline headquartered in New York City. Founded by David Neeleman, it began flying in 2000 and serves more than 100 destinations.

JetBlue Flight 292

JetBlue Flight 292 was a 2005 domestic flight that landed safely at Los Angeles with its nose gear turned 90 degrees; none of the 146 aboard was hurt.

JetBlue flight attendant incident

The JetBlue flight attendant incident, best known as the Steven Slater air rage incident, refers to the 2010 quit-by-emergency-slide episode and later JetBlue crew incidents.

JetSetGo

JetSetGo (JetSetGo Aviation Services Private Limited) is an Indian private aviation company founded in 2014 by Kanika Tekriwal and Sudheer Perla that charters jets and helicopters.

JetSMART

JetSMART is a South American ultra-low-cost airline based in Santiago de Chile, created by Indigo Partners and flying since 2017 across Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Colombia.

Jetson One

Jetson One is a single-seat, eight-motor electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft built by Jetson, founded by Peter Ternström and Tomasz Patan in 2017, flown with a joystick.

Jetstar

Jetstar is a low-cost airline group owned by the Qantas Group, launched in Australia in May 2004 and now comprising Jetstar Airways and Jetstar Japan.

JetZero

JetZero is an American aerospace startup in Long Beach, California, founded in 2020 by Tom O'Leary and Mark Page, developing blended wing body aircraft including the roughly 250-seat Z4 airliner.

Jewel Changi Airport

Jewel Changi Airport, also known as Jewel Changi, is a mixed-use complex at Singapore Changi Airport opened in 2019, combining gardens, retail, and attractions under a glass dome.

Jimmy Doolittle

James "Jimmy" Doolittle, also known as James Harold Doolittle, was an American aeronautical engineer and general who won three major air races and led the 1942 bombing of Japan.

Jinnah International Airport

Jinnah International Airport, formerly Karachi International Airport, is Pakistan's busiest airport, serving Karachi about 14 km east of the city center as the country's main international gateway.

Jiro Horikoshi (堀越二郎)

Jiro Horikoshi (堀越二郎, 1903 to 1982) was a Japanese aeronautical engineer who served as chief designer of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, World War II's most numerous Japanese military aircraft.

João Paulo II Airport

João Paulo II Airport (Aeroporto João Paulo II), also called Ponta Delgada Airport, is the international airport serving Ponta Delgada on São Miguel, the main gateway to the Azores.

Joby Aviation

Joby Aviation is a Santa Cruz, California aerospace company founded by JoeBen Bevirt in 2009 to develop and operate electric air taxis, notably the five-seat S4.

Joby S4

The Joby S4 is an all-electric air taxi developed by Joby Aviation of Santa Cruz, California, carrying a pilot and four passengers at up to 200 mph.

John A. Chapman

John A. Chapman, also known as John Allan Chapman, was a US Air Force combat controller posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2018 for the Battle of Takur Ghar.

John Altobelli

John Edward Altobelli was an American college baseball coach who led Orange Coast College to four state titles and died in the 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash.

John F. Kennedy International Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is New York City's primary international gateway in Queens, operated by the Port Authority and serving 63.3 million passengers in 2024.

John Glenn Columbus International Airport

John Glenn Columbus International Airport, formerly Port Columbus, is the main airport serving Columbus, Ohio, opened in 1929 and renamed for the astronaut in 2016.

John Stapp

John Stapp, also known as John Paul Stapp, was an Air Force flight surgeon whose rocket sled rides proved the human body could survive far more deceleration than believed.

John Wayne Airport

John Wayne Airport, also known as Orange County Airport, is the only commercial airport in Orange County, California, serving about 11 million passengers a year.

Joint Aviation Authorities

The Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), originally the Joint Airworthiness Authorities, was a body of European civil aviation regulators that harmonized safety rules from 1970 to 2009.

Joint Base Andrews

Joint Base Andrews (JB Andrews) is a US military base in Prince George's County, Maryland, formed in 2009 and best known as the home of Air Force One.