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Old 26th Mar 2024, 14:13
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Originally Posted by pug
Creation of ten extra parking stands, that’s 33% increase, starts this winter at LBA alongside the redevelopment of the terminal which will see capacity double. So once completed there will be plenty of room to base more aircraft if they want to. Thats not to say Jet2 wouldn’t look at DSA as they have ambitious growth plans over the next 6 years, but I don’t think it’s comparable to the decision to go in to LPL which in itself is a much larger market than Yorkshire/Lincolnshire, nor the decision to base at BOH which is the last heavily populated part of the country without any exposure to Jet2 and Jet2holidays.
Thanks - that was where I was heading. With BOH being opened with 2 a/c and LPL being so close to MAN, I was wondering if DSA could give Jet2 extra capacity to the east of the Pennines if LBA was getting stretched.
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