JET 2 expansion
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Where to next??
Well its early days yet, but all the signs are showing for another batch of expansion by Jet2.com
Will the airline continue to follow its own statement, 'loco of the north' and add flights from other northern airports?
Will the airline continue to follow its own statement, 'loco of the north' and add flights from other northern airports?
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I thought you were tipping more flights from LBA in the Leeds thread? With so-so results from BFS and MAN, I would have thought putting a bit of focus back into Leeds would be the next logical step.
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Pilothouse
I totally agree there are all sorts of opportunities not just for for Jet2 but whoever is in the right place at the right time to capitalize on BA`s lack of forsight or whatever you like to call it
Many of the routes BA /Citiexpress operate are not just business routes but have a large tourist market and I also think that with a little help from the tourist authorities in the UK the Northwest can attract many people in this direction from Europe
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I totally agree there are all sorts of opportunities not just for for Jet2 but whoever is in the right place at the right time to capitalize on BA`s lack of forsight or whatever you like to call it
Many of the routes BA /Citiexpress operate are not just business routes but have a large tourist market and I also think that with a little help from the tourist authorities in the UK the Northwest can attract many people in this direction from Europe
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On the key publishing forums there are the following rumours
MAN-LGW aircraft moves to HUY to operate HUY-CDG/AGP/PMI/ALC
BFS aircraft operates a HUY-BFS service
Valencia and BUD services move from MAN to LBA
Anyone know any more?
MAN-LGW aircraft moves to HUY to operate HUY-CDG/AGP/PMI/ALC
BFS aircraft operates a HUY-BFS service
Valencia and BUD services move from MAN to LBA
Anyone know any more?
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........Interestingly
Just selected Pisa flying from LBA with Thomsonfly (as this is given as an option) and I was then given flight details from Manchester! Wouldn't have anything to do with Jet2 Pisa out performing the Thomson flight from Manchester would it?
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Pilothouse,
Not sure about the cost structures of BMIBaby, Jet2 & FlyMonach, but I guess that it's not as important as we may think. These operations are all pretty cash rich - they collect cash from the customers well up front, and directly from the web sites so no middle men with payment terams and the associated risk.
FlyMonach must be useful as it must even out the seasonal peaks & troughs of holiday traffic.
The only odd-man-out is BMIBaby - which probably has an interesting operations cost structure, but again cash inflow may be good for BMI in general
Same applies to earlier comments about Channel Express selling Jet2 - if it is achieving the loading that it says, then it must be a real good source of cash for the beanies to play with so they may be reluctant to part with it.
Not sure about the cost structures of BMIBaby, Jet2 & FlyMonach, but I guess that it's not as important as we may think. These operations are all pretty cash rich - they collect cash from the customers well up front, and directly from the web sites so no middle men with payment terams and the associated risk.
FlyMonach must be useful as it must even out the seasonal peaks & troughs of holiday traffic.
The only odd-man-out is BMIBaby - which probably has an interesting operations cost structure, but again cash inflow may be good for BMI in general
Same applies to earlier comments about Channel Express selling Jet2 - if it is achieving the loading that it says, then it must be a real good source of cash for the beanies to play with so they may be reluctant to part with it.
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Jet2's advertising in and around Manchester is in your face everywhere you look, and extremely effective it is too.
On the ring road there's one poster right next to a FlyMonarch - no prizes for guessing which one catches the eye at 200m!
On the ring road there's one poster right next to a FlyMonarch - no prizes for guessing which one catches the eye at 200m!
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Tenerife from Leeds
Jet 2 just announced that they will start TFS 3 times a week from Oct 4th. A great destination and seriously underserved from LBA. Well done Jet 2. All the correct days for changeover too, Tue, Fri and Sun.
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Great news, once again Jet2 see a market and jump on to it. Why has it taken so long? There was concern that their current 733s didn't have the legs to do TFS full from LBAs runway in certain conditions. Are they taking this on risk, reducing capacity below full or getting some C powered ac?
Given that they can't even make Manchester-Budapest work, I think most of the routes you are suggesting would be pretty awful, to be honest. On Rome and Lisbon, they would already face competition (which they don't have on Budapest) and the rest of the routes suggested are pretty slim routes even from London.
Frequency cut from seven to four flights per week; 60% loadfactor in February; 67% in March; 17% more passengers on easyJet's NCL-BUD and 26% more passengers on NCL-BUD than Jet2 carried out of Manchester. Don't think that's a ringing endorsement, somehow. Pretty appalling, considering that the NCL and BRS passenger numbers on every other route are a fraction of those from Manchester.
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Great news with the TFS, hoping for more new routes or added frequencies when all the winter flights are put on sale.
Interesting about the 757, hope it happens, if I remember rightly, the Planetair service using the LTE 321, was a brilliant success, was all the other routes that let them down, where they were competing with Jet2. Maybe they need a bigger machine?
Interesting about the 757, hope it happens, if I remember rightly, the Planetair service using the LTE 321, was a brilliant success, was all the other routes that let them down, where they were competing with Jet2. Maybe they need a bigger machine?