Originally Posted by
Flightrider
There is also an issue brewing with no UK Government permission for wet leasing for next year as yet. That’s why you have Ascend, Fly4 setting up in the UK as ACMI providers and presumably why Air Tanker is a better bet than a World2Fly aircraft for Jet2. It gives certainty right now where none is available through other avenues.
Could that be the reason so many second hand B737-800 are being acquired, to replace the five wet leased aircraft from Summer 23?
Or were all the second hand B737-800's planned for further expansion?