No matter what subject one picks, there are hundreds if not thousands of sites on the internet that appear to cover that particular subject, some doing a better job than the others. It is often not easy to find the truly reliable ones. Aviation related sites are no different. This is why it is so refreshing and nice to happen on a place where you can be sure that what you get is the best there is whether it is news, supplier lists or vacancies.
Just4airlines.com is such a place!
Launched in 2002, just4airlines is a limited liability company registered in Malaysia with offices both there and in the UK. The company’s mandate is to provide an online travel directory to airline employees worldwide. However, as we will see, the site provides a wealth of information and resources for anyone interested in aviation.
All three founders, Nuala Boardman, Yvonne Russell and Paul Russell, are still active in the company and they are all ex-airline employees (BOAC, British Airways, IATA, Canadian Pacific) and as such know very well what to provide in the context of such a directory service.
Their home page, which is nice in its simplicity, is easy to navigate. It welcomes you claiming to be the one-stop resource for airline people but this is again an understatement. Anyone working in aviation (and beyond) will find things of interest on this well thought out site.
Click on any of the side-bar menu items and you are taken to the subject page, all of which present the same, straightforward, uncluttered look and feel as the home page itself. No unnecessary graphics and other glitzy elements here, “just” information presented in an easy to absorb manner. I wish more sites would emulate this information-centric approach.
Their news section reveals a little the airline orientation of the founders but this is fine and with the odd item about airports and even a few industry suppliers, the balance is restored. Lots of items to browse through and I bet you will find most items truly news, not seen covered anywhere else. If you want lighter fare, click on articles and stories or jokes and sayings. Plenty of things to do here!
The website includes a comprehensive aviation industry event calendar and a job search section for both positions available and positions wanted. Email blasts are sent out to subscribers when new jobs are listed.
The industry supplier directory, also an integral part of the site, contains over 3700 supplier profiles in over 150 categories. Not many sites come even near to this wealth in coverage.
I was not at all surprised to learn that just4airlines also produces a very popular newsletter that reaches over 120,000 aviation professionals every week. It is well worth subscribing to.
And if you get tired of the industry stuff, just4airlines offers information on vacation properties and cruises with industry rates. This is a unique feature which I found a bit strange at first but on second thoughts the combination is perfectly logical. Having picked up the latest news about air services in the Caribbean, why should I go elsewhere to book a cruise there?
I guess their claim of being the one stop shop for all your needs is more than justified.
Just4airlines’ popularity is evidenced by the monthly website hits that is in the 5 million region, the 1300+ fans on facebook and the 1000 or so followers on twitter.
Enviable statistics but not surprising. Consistent quality of content draws both new and returning visitors.
I would certainly recommend that you bookmark just4airlines.com and visit regularly. There is no better and easier to use source of airline news out there and the combination with the other resources makes just4airlines a clear winner. Subscribe to their newsletter and you will be even better served!