The "ageing" fleet comments barrage this thread constantly! At the end of the day Jet2.com regardless of fleet age makes profit every year and in general passengers seem happy with the service and often make nice comments on disembarkation. Yes the aircraft are getting on a bit but as most of the people who make the comments about getting new aircraft know, brand new aircraft cost hundreds of millions just for one! so there would be no jet2 left if they just said oh lets buy 25 new aircraft! They are gradually aquiring more 737-800 aircraft every year which are highly efficient. At the end of the day delays happen to every airline no matter what age their aircraft are and personally knowing the jet2 engineers they do a fantastic job of maintaining the aircraft and never compromise safety in any way!!
The interiors of all our aircraft are newly fitted with slim seats that dont recline and have more legroom than thomson and thomas cook (shorthaul). In general passengers love this as one of the gripes of anyone is having someone recline in their face and cut off their legroom! Yes going abit off topic here but just trying to reiterate that Jet2 aircraft are old but they are well maintained and generally have little problems!! having flown for 6 years with them trust me i wouldnt fly on them if they werent safe!