And the 757 lovers come out in force! Lest we remember that its not a case or replacing 757s with 757s anymore as they are becoming less viable.
Thomas Cook will be releasing 7 757s this winter so I was surprised that they have chosen the older Monarch models over the younger G-JMCE G-JMCD etc that are 15 years old however they are likely to be allot more expensive as well as not being owned by Thomas Cook therefore meaning more work would be required to obtain them and the leasers have probably got the FedEx stickers ready to be put on all 7 of them.
Thomson have the youngest 757 fleet and I believe the next one out is in 2018 and the rest are going sometime around 2020.
Its a big surprise and Jet2 must have got a good deal, but it kind of strikes me as a short term solution to extra capacity, as I doubt AG and the likes will be in LS colours in 3-5 years time, they are (and it hurts me to say this) too old and too uneconomical to fly nowadays.