Originally Posted by
VickersVicount
Mmm... its not gone that well for other's who tried long haul charter leisure...
(Monarch, Excel, Excalibur etc)
Why do they just not stick to what they seem to do very well... good product short haul.
The logistics and costs with long haul are in different league.
Actually Monarch did VERY WELL at Long Haul -
We had long haul charters starting from 1988 using 757's at first to Orlando, Mombasa, and the Maldives, going on to have a large Caribbean and Mexico program that was very popular, plus MON had lucrative Cruise ship flight contracts to the Caribbean for Fred Olsen, Princess, P&O and others.
It was Monarch's business plan that changed all that and they pulled out of LH.
If there is now a 'BUZZ' coming from Jet2 pilots and cabin crews saying that Jet2 will be going to Florida, and maybe the Caribbean too, then its likely their rumour mill
has some credence.
Jet2 are not daft - They know the holiday market at this point is pivotal with the demise of Monarch and now Thomas Cook leaving a lot of seats and holidays without planes, plus the Cruise ship lines need planes to get their passengers to the Caribbean.
However the £ v the $ is weak meaning holidays to the USA and Caribbean are expensive, as is spending money there. USA is no longer the cheap hol....
Watch this space as they say......Jet2 already fly to NYC