New base for Jet2.com
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New base for Jet2.com
Announced today, Jet2.com opening up from B#@
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Didn't see that one coming 
BFS service that starts on 4th November appears to be planned with a BLK based aircraft looking at the schedules so fully expecting more routes for winter to be announced.
BFS service that starts on 4th November appears to be planned with a BLK based aircraft looking at the schedules so fully expecting more routes for winter to be announced.
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I don't think the aircraft is BLK based for the initial BFS flight from 4th Nov.
From the Timetable page
LS721 departs BLK at 1440 to BFS and returns to BLK at 1640 as LS722
However if you try to book a flight
LS722 operates BLK to BFS and arrives at BFS at 1640. LS721 is the BFS-BLK leg
These directly contradict each other!
For one flight 4x per week it would be a stretch even for Jet2 to have the aircraft parked at BLK for all except 8 hours per week! Or are they starting a mail contract from BLK?
When the other two flights start there will be one flight on Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri with two flights on Sat & Sun which seem to be done by a single aircraft if I'm reading the Timetable pages correctly.
PTH
From the Timetable page
LS721 departs BLK at 1440 to BFS and returns to BLK at 1640 as LS722
However if you try to book a flight
LS722 operates BLK to BFS and arrives at BFS at 1640. LS721 is the BFS-BLK leg
These directly contradict each other!
For one flight 4x per week it would be a stretch even for Jet2 to have the aircraft parked at BLK for all except 8 hours per week! Or are they starting a mail contract from BLK?
When the other two flights start there will be one flight on Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri with two flights on Sat & Sun which seem to be done by a single aircraft if I'm reading the Timetable pages correctly.
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Jet2 on the up.
I think It is safe to say Jet2 are becomming on of the UK's best low cost carriers allong side the like's of Ryanair, Easyjet and Bmi Baby. I think opening another new base suddenly after the opening of Newcastle and LBA's new destinations shows just how good Jet2 are becoming since the early days at LBA to Palma, Alicante and Malaga. 
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Was a surprise to me whilst in the hold today when a Jet2 requested a straight in ILS! First I knew they were flying from there?
Also heard "Kittyhawk" today, anyone know if that is a government call sign? Kinda think it is, seemed to cause problems going through Manchester airspace.
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Also heard "Kittyhawk" today, anyone know if that is a government call sign? Kinda think it is, seemed to cause problems going through Manchester airspace.
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Jet2 have chosen to focus on becoming the dominant LCC from northern England, with what must now be more flights than any other LCC from the region. From a marketing point of view, BLK ought to be quite straightforward, the brand will already be recognised in the area due to advertising overlaps of its exising services from MAN and LBA. Now, the question is, did LS react to ZB's announcement of BLK-AGP a month or two ago or was this already in the pipeline? I'm sure LS would have jumped at the chance of operating BLK-AGP alongside these new services if ZB hadn't got in there first.
So we now have Jet2 at LBA, MAN, NCL and BLK in the region. Perhaps there is still hope that HUY could be a future piece in the jigsaw?
So we now have Jet2 at LBA, MAN, NCL and BLK in the region. Perhaps there is still hope that HUY could be a future piece in the jigsaw?
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Also heard "Kittyhawk" today, anyone know if that is a government call sign? Kinda think it is, seemed to cause problems going through Manchester airspace.
