Jetcost

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Jetcost.com
Jetcost Logo Blue.png
Type of site
Travel metasearch engine
HeadquartersParis, France
OwnerLastminute.com Group
Revenue€67 million (2017)
URLwww.jetcost.com
RegistrationNo
LaunchedJune 1, 2006; 15 years ago (2006-06-01)

Jetcost.com is a travel metasearch engine for finding airfares.[1] It acts as an intermediary, and does not directly sell flights or travel products. Since 2013, Jetcost has been a brand of Lastminute.com Group. The site is most popular in Western Europe and the top search words on the site are for Air France, Ryanair, and Transavia.[2]

History[]

The website was launched on June 1, 2006.[citation needed]

In December 2013, Jetcost was acquired by Bravofly Rumbo Group (now Lastminute.com Group).[3]

At the time of the acquisition in 2013, the company had revenue of €8 million. By 2017, revenue increased to €67 million.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Americans and Kids Among Most Annoying Passengers". InsideFlyer. July 11, 2019.
  2. ^ Prieto, Mauricio (July 4, 2018). "Online Travel Metrics: Traffic, Marketing Channels, Mobile". Medium.
  3. ^ "After a long journey, WAYN gets picked up by its dotcom-era brother, Lastminute.com". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  4. ^ Whyte, Patrick (June 28, 2017). "Lastminute.com Group CEO: We Consider Ourselves a Media Company". Skift.
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