JET2
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From: UK
Have had to travel to MAN quite a lot in the last month or so for work and not once has Jet2 been available for less than £200!! Used VLM today from LCY. In fact most domestic fares seem to have gone through the roof recently. Flew LHR-NCL-LHR over the weekend and the cheapest flight I could get was £376 return with BA booked nearly a week in advance.
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From: Either the back of a sim, or wherever Crewing send me.
silverhawk
Maybe you should start canvassing for a BLK/LGW route mate.
As far as I know the seat sales on the Gatwick route could be better, but the yield is excellent(so far as I've been told). If you can't manage an 8 day trip with 18kgs of luggage and 10 kgs of hand luggage you're carting too much gear about with you!
Maybe you should start canvassing for a BLK/LGW route mate.
As far as I know the seat sales on the Gatwick route could be better, but the yield is excellent(so far as I've been told). If you can't manage an 8 day trip with 18kgs of luggage and 10 kgs of hand luggage you're carting too much gear about with you!
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From: Bradford West Yorks
JET2 Manchester or Blackpool
Hi All,
Considering, J2 Call B'pool there new Northwest base and the close proximity to Manch
Presumably BLK is a cheaper,easier to operate out of ???
Would It make Financial Sense to Move All ops to Blk from Ringway
Considering, J2 Call B'pool there new Northwest base and the close proximity to Manch
Presumably BLK is a cheaper,easier to operate out of ???
Would It make Financial Sense to Move All ops to Blk from Ringway
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From: SE of Compton
In a word No!
There are good reasons for Jet2 to remain at MAN for the brand / balance sheet.
Blackpool will be a useful addition to the network but couldn't replace MAN.
There is sometimes a tendency for fellow LBA fans to slam Jet2 for setting-up at MAN, as if it were being in league with the devil!
I'll have none of this....for once an airline that started ops at LBA and found success was courted by MAG to set-up at MAN....admitedly the way this all worked out was probably different to how MAG envisaged....
The upshot is that Jet2 operate successfully out of both MAN and LBA and if only some other airlines could take a leaf out of Jet2's book (and not use the tired excuse of route dilution / passenger extraction of MAN routes) then LBA might see more variety of operators and routes.
There are good reasons for Jet2 to remain at MAN for the brand / balance sheet.
Blackpool will be a useful addition to the network but couldn't replace MAN.
There is sometimes a tendency for fellow LBA fans to slam Jet2 for setting-up at MAN, as if it were being in league with the devil!
I'll have none of this....for once an airline that started ops at LBA and found success was courted by MAG to set-up at MAN....admitedly the way this all worked out was probably different to how MAG envisaged....
The upshot is that Jet2 operate successfully out of both MAN and LBA and if only some other airlines could take a leaf out of Jet2's book (and not use the tired excuse of route dilution / passenger extraction of MAN routes) then LBA might see more variety of operators and routes.
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From: Almaty
P.Pilcher
Nothing at all to do with it. In fact generally pilots (commercial pilots) do not make good businessmen. And before I get shot down, my rationale is that they prefer flying an aircraft rather than a desk. And PM does not hold an ATPL, his flying is restricted to recreational only.
The reason is quite simply that despite all his failings in man management (highlighted here in many past threads) he is just a very good businessman and tighter than a d***s a**e! And employs managers who allow him to run the whole outfit like a one-man band.
By buying his aircraft cheaply he can afford to have lower utilisation than say RYR and EZY. And he has an excellent engineering setup.
Nothing at all to do with it. In fact generally pilots (commercial pilots) do not make good businessmen. And before I get shot down, my rationale is that they prefer flying an aircraft rather than a desk. And PM does not hold an ATPL, his flying is restricted to recreational only.
The reason is quite simply that despite all his failings in man management (highlighted here in many past threads) he is just a very good businessman and tighter than a d***s a**e! And employs managers who allow him to run the whole outfit like a one-man band.
By buying his aircraft cheaply he can afford to have lower utilisation than say RYR and EZY. And he has an excellent engineering setup.
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From: Midlands
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: manchester
That is still a posabilty, PM was in Man last week and told us he had bought some more 73's and a couple of 75's with the intrest of have more 75's than 73's opperating next year.
Can't personal see it happening that quick but you never know.
Can't personal see it happening that quick but you never know.
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From: essex
EXS
Originally Posted by redmech
would thought they would leave it as it is, no real need to change it.