Jetcost
Jetcost.com is a travel metasearch engine for finding airfares.[2] 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.[3]
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Type of site | Travel metasearch engine |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Owner | Lastminute.com Group |
| Revenue | €67 million (2017) |
| URL | www |
| Alexa rank | 11,610 (As of 20 January 2020)[1] |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | June 1, 2006 |
History
The website was launched on June 1, 2006[4] in Paris.
In December 2013, Jetcost was acquired by Bravofly Rumbo Group (now Lastminute.com Group).[5][6]
At the time of the acquisition in 2013, the company had revenue of €8 million. By 2017, revenue increased to €67 million.[7]
References
- "Alexa Internet: Jetcost.com". Alexa Internet.
- "AMERICANS AND KIDS AMONG MOST ANNOYING PASSENGERS". InsideFlyer. July 11, 2019.
- Prieto, Mauricio (July 4, 2018). "Online Travel Metrics: Traffic, Marketing Channels, Mobile". Medium.
- "Jetcost". TechCrunch.
- May, Kevin (December 23, 2013). "Bravofly acquires Jetcost as OTA-meta lines continue to merge". Phocuswire.
- "Bravofly Rumbo Group acquires French meta-search site Jetcost" (Press release). Lastminute.com Group. December 20, 2013.
- Whyte, Patrick (June 28, 2017). "Lastminute.com Group CEO: We Consider Ourselves a Media Company". Skift.
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