Another option would be to partner up with Flybe and uae them for the flights. A partnership with Flybe could give Jet2 holidays the option of including smaller airport's in their network without having to open bases.
A very intriguing and valid suggestion. I suspect ultimately they wouldn't go for it as they seem to pride themselves on using their own crew/planes for the entire package.
Before the B733 is scrapped for good, another thought would be to operate W patterns (i.e LBA-JER-MAN-JER-BHX-JER-LBA [on a short sector they could probably squeeze 3 rotations per day]
that’s bout 100-110 pax.
Perfect for a -8 then
