trebor, I'm happy to correct you. MJV is open from mid-July until early Sep for morning arrivals during the week. The three windows are as advised by the military to AENA but as fare as the head co-ordinator for AENA is concerned the airport is shut during the week until 1300z (from the mouth of the man himself)
Jet2 have decided to ignore this and try and be "clever".
The decision to operate under the restrictions I've highlighted would have been taken by Jet2 without the "go ahead" of AENA as they will only allocate slots as per the instructions they are given by MJV which is that the airport is shut (that's the opposite of open) during the week until 1300z.
This the reason that Jet2 pax are being inconvenienced.
righthandrule, you've completely missed the point. There was no chance that these flights could consistently run on time. The Jet2 management have shown contempt and arrogance by scheduling flights during windows where there is only a slim chance of operating. Your management are hardly likely to tell the staff "Sorry, we screwed up. Could you tell those passengers that you're going to have to deal with that we thought we were smarter than we actually are and as a consequence your flight will be delayed until the airport actually is open in mid-July. Oh, and the slot 2 pax...would you mind hanging around for 3-4 hours as a consequence?"
They could have avoided the whole thing by scheduling properly in the first place
