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More New Jet2 Aircraft
I see Jet2's latest aircraft G - CELZ is ready for service in Southend.
Does anyone have any idea where it is going to be based or more importantly if it will be used for any new routes?.. with G - CELE on the way to LBA in September is this one going to join the other at Belfast?
Does anyone have any idea where it is going to be based or more importantly if it will be used for any new routes?.. with G - CELE on the way to LBA in September is this one going to join the other at Belfast?
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G-LZ, which has been converted into a QC variant, will apparantly spend the next few months covering for one of the Globespan machines and other ad-hoc Channex work. It is lined up to do overnight post office work from 1st Nov - from where, I don't know.
G-LE is meant to be joining the Leeds base on 1-Sep (the day the CDG service launches).
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G-LE is meant to be joining the Leeds base on 1-Sep (the day the CDG service launches).
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Adverts went on the Channex website yesterday for Jet2 cabin crew required in Leeds and Belfast, so perhaps a clue where these aircraft are heading.
http://www.channel-express.co.uk/recruitment.html
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http://www.channel-express.co.uk/recruitment.html
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Not sure if this is confirmation of more a/c at LBA. Belfast need more crew to cover the new BCN route and as for LBA, they have just lost half a dozen cabin crew for pastures new. So I guess they will be looking for a couple of replacements.
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Hi Tommy - did you have a nice summer holiday break????
Bit complex but a -400 may not be the answer. A low cost carrier will put lots of seats on to make money - around 178 if memory serves in IT config. That makes for a heavy plane & our old friend the runway at LBA just isn't long enough. (Remember a -300 can get to the Canaries if you have the "right" sort of runway.)
OK you say - have less seats / less passengers / less weight. But then you have to charge more & that rather defeats the object of a lo-co!
Also because the canaries are such a long way it rather knackers the usual lo-co theory of lots of short sectors make money. (Although I would accept that Jet2 don't exactly flog their fleet to death to so never say never!!)
Bit complex but a -400 may not be the answer. A low cost carrier will put lots of seats on to make money - around 178 if memory serves in IT config. That makes for a heavy plane & our old friend the runway at LBA just isn't long enough. (Remember a -300 can get to the Canaries if you have the "right" sort of runway.)
OK you say - have less seats / less passengers / less weight. But then you have to charge more & that rather defeats the object of a lo-co!
Also because the canaries are such a long way it rather knackers the usual lo-co theory of lots of short sectors make money. (Although I would accept that Jet2 don't exactly flog their fleet to death to so never say never!!)
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Any of you Jet 2.com guys want to comment on the strong rumour of a new base in the not so distant future ?
Is it only 4 ex-lufthansa 737 or will more be arriving? also will they be combi or just pax ?
Anyway its all looking good for Jet2.com much to Kat too's annoyance!!!
Is it only 4 ex-lufthansa 737 or will more be arriving? also will they be combi or just pax ?
Anyway its all looking good for Jet2.com much to Kat too's annoyance!!!
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A couple of Jet2 crew were at the recent interview I went to at a certain hotel in Leeds for a certain European airline!! I wonder if they got the job.... I did, and I know they were looking for 2-3 members of crew!
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I heard on the vine that the next route being evaluated by LS ex LBA was Toulouse...
Anyone else heard that one?
The edit being....I almost forgot, I also heard that all things are pointing towards Manchester as being the next base....(just a rumour at this stage as I can tell)
Anyone else heard that one?
The edit being....I almost forgot, I also heard that all things are pointing towards Manchester as being the next base....(just a rumour at this stage as I can tell)
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JET2 really are up and coming, i mean does anyone have a list of how many planes there operating, there seems to be a new one every week. As for bases well LBA is the main base, and Belfast has a few flights as does Bornmouth. JET2 shouldnt really base at Manchester, they should try small airports such as Norwich, Edinburgh, Aberdeen or Southampton.
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Tommy - I would hardly call 10 planes in nearly two years nearly every week! They have 8 based at LBA, 1 at BFS and one flying out of EDI for Globespan at the mo.
Bournemouth doesent have any Jet2 flights.
And since when has EDI been a small airport? Im sure they are going to move in there when Globespan are...
Bournemouth doesent have any Jet2 flights.
And since when has EDI been a small airport? Im sure they are going to move in there when Globespan are...
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Sorry, I meant when Tommy said Jet2 should move into EDI, I meant ' I doubt they will when Globespan are' meaning that EDI already has Globespan who have links with Channel Express, so I doubt Jet2 would be moving in there!
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Tommyinyork, whilst I could imagine bmi regional transferring the Belfast service over to bmibaby, in the same way that they're transferred the Paris service, I highly doubt you'll see EasyJet at LBA.
EZY already has a Midlands hub in Nottingham, and two Northern hubs at Newcastle & Liverpool, which makes a lot of cities within 90 minutes drive of an EasyJet airport. This could be further reduced if plans continue to go ahead that EasyJet are to support Peel Holdings' latest venture at Doncaster/Sheffield, which has been widely reported. So I'd expect to see EZY on a BFS route from NEMA or Doncaster, before, if ever, seeing one from LBA.
EZY already has a Midlands hub in Nottingham, and two Northern hubs at Newcastle & Liverpool, which makes a lot of cities within 90 minutes drive of an EasyJet airport. This could be further reduced if plans continue to go ahead that EasyJet are to support Peel Holdings' latest venture at Doncaster/Sheffield, which has been widely reported. So I'd expect to see EZY on a BFS route from NEMA or Doncaster, before, if ever, seeing one from LBA.
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Seems to be some confusion here - LBA is already served from both BFS & BHD by Jet2 & Flybe respectively - Bmi regional don't serve Belfast at all now since BHD - NEMA ceased in October 2002. It is unlikely the route could sustain another operator.