CHAMPIONS LEAGUE JET 1 (ΤΣΑΜΠΙΟΝΣ ΛΙΓΚ ΤΖΕΤ 1)
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ex-JUMBO JET (ΤΖΑΜΠΟ ΤΖΕΤ), also of Sea Jets (2024-2025)
Built in 2007 (age 19). Registered in Limassol. Current line: None (under drydock in Perama)
The high speed ferry CHAMPIONS LEAGUE JET 1 was built in 2007 in Australia, as the OSMAN GAZİ 1 for the Turkish company İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri (İDO). She began service together with her sister ship, namely the ORHAN GAZİ 1, on the İstanbul-Mudanya line on the Marmara Sea. In 2011 she collided with the Ro-Ro carrier UND EGE of the Turkish company UN Ro-Ro off the island of Oxeia, but she was repaired and she resumed her service. In 2015 she also collided with the pier of the port of Mudanya while trying to dock there. In 2022, İDO ended the ferry service on the İstanbul-Mudanya line, and as a result both the OSMAN GAZİ 1 and the ORHAN GAZİ 1 were laid-up in İstanbul. They stayed there for two years, until they were sold to the Greek company Sea Jets in 2024. They were renamed JUMBO JET and JUMBO JET 2, respectively. Only the former was immediately prepared in order to enter service for the company for the 2024 season, as she underwent a refit in Salamina. She was introduced on the Piraeus-Syros-Tinos-Mykonos-Paros-Naxos-Koufonisi line on the Cyclades. In 2025 she was renamed CHAMPIONS LEAGUE JET 1, and she was deployed on the Piraeus-Syros-Tinos-Mykonos-Paros-Naxos-Santorini-Heraklion line together with the WORLDCHAMPION JET.
PHOTOS (2024):
The JUMBO JET seen in the Salamis Shipyard in Salamina, while undergoing preparations in order to enter service for Sea Jets (6/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen in the Salamis Shipyard in Salamina, while undergoing preparations in order to enter service for Sea Jets (6/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen in the Salamis Shipyard in Salamina, while undergoing preparations in order to enter service for Sea Jets (6/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen in the Salamis Shipyard in Salamina, just before her debut season with Sea Jets (6/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen in the Salamis Shipyard in Salamina, just before her debut season with Sea Jets (6/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen having returned to Piraeus during the late evening, during her debut season with Sea Jets (8/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen in Piraeus, during her first season with Sea Jets (8/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen in Piraeus, during her first season with Sea Jets (8/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen in Piraeus, during her first season with Sea Jets (8/2024).
The JUMBO JET docked in the port of Piraeus (8/2024).
The JUMBO JET docked in the port of Piraeus (8/2024).
The JUMBO JET docked in the port of Piraeus (8/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen resting in Piraeus (8/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen resting in Piraeus (8/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen resting in Piraeus (8/2024).
The JUMBO JET in the port of Piraeus (8/2024).
The JUMBO JET seen while docked in Piraeus, during what proved to be my last picture of the ship under that name, as she was renamed CHAMPIONS LEAGUE JET 1 in 2025 (8/2024).