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Old 29th Jan 2010, 22:14
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Jet2 are advertising powerplant engineers "CFM56-3, RB211-535E4, CF6-80C2 preferable" ... I think we all know what that means!
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Old 29th Jan 2010, 22:25
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So this 767 rumour could be getting closer !
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Old 29th Jan 2010, 23:45
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Could be, lets wait the squelch of rubber on wet tarmac
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Old 30th Jan 2010, 23:10
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Edinburgh

Anyone know if Jet2 are likely to base a 757 at Edinburgh in the near future?

With GSM having been lost there is a large gap to fill to destinations such as Paphos, Sharm, Funchal, Turkey, etc. GSM's load factors were usually in the high 90's so there's definate demand. Be pretty straight forward to recruit additional crew.

Thomson & Thos Cook aren't interested and Easyjet & Ryanair are unlikely to serve those sorts of places from EDI. I believe it's an ideal opportunity for Jet2.

The cheapest flight this summer from EDI to PFO with Monarch is in the region of £380!!!! Come on Jet2, Edinburgh needs you!
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 07:10
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I hear MON are going to be offering new routes from EDI which has to be good news for the jocks, hardly fair having suffered globespam they then get lumbered with jet 2 with no decent alternative
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 08:12
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Rather hav jet2 year round than one Mon for 4-5 months a year.

would be good if they did get some 767s that they would do some orlando flights from edi and maybe try dipping into the canaidan market.
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 09:02
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Edinburgh is not lumbered with Jet2, we want more Jet2 services, especially Palma, etc and transatlantic destinations such as Toronto would be great. Let MON concentrate on Luton, Manchester etc.
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 11:56
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I second that rpmac. A based ETOPS 757 would be a good start. There is a big gap in the holiday market now and with Jet2 already having EDI as a base it would seem the next logical step.......but when?

Nowt wrong with MON but we need year round services at EDI. GSM's load factors showed this was viable on routes like DLM, PFO, SSH, etc.
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 12:55
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Monarch have only been summer only at EDI because the tour operators (principally Airtours/Thomas Cook in the past) they work for have only contracted them to fly in the summer. Many off Monarch's scheduled routes operate year round
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 13:16
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This must be a ideal time for mon to expand its excellent ZB service north of the border,a large vacuum has been created a first class operator such as mon could do very well
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 13:23
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what a suprise to see simonchowder banging on about his beloved monarch on the jet2 thread again, are you on commision or what?
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 13:42
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boring isnt it, ignore him and eventually he will go back to his recruiting job...back to the desk counting paper clips etc, so sad.
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 13:46
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Funny you should say that simon, my sister in law works at Edinburgh airport and she was telling me monarch are having a lot of talks with the airport about new routes, she is very excited about it as at present Scotland really is the poor relation, so if firms such as jet 2 and monarch start operating it would be a real boost.
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 14:07
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know this is the Jet 2 thread, but to answer that last point referring to MON...

Have heard a few talking about a based A320 year round. The cabin crew advert in previous years has said seasonal staff at Edinburgh. This year it said staff for its Edinburgh base, no mention of seasonal.

As to Jet 2, TOM are doing one flight per week year round so if Jet 2 brought in a B752 they could easily fill a gap, and possibly Hurghada could be another destination not currently served from EDI
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 17:59
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any news on where the new 757 will be based? just wondered if it might be edi to fill in some of the gaps gsm left!
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 18:04
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IF its true MON are planning big things for EDI cannot see jet 2 going head to head with them as there is only going to be one winner there, and it wont be the flying pimp mobiles
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 18:11
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oh simon simon simon
why dont you go and play on the monarch thread insted of bigging them on here all the time and slagging off jet2.
go and see if you can make some friends on there and build monarch airfix kits together.
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 18:16
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Jet2 are holding there own against the likes of MON at manchester, so im not worried!! Simon can bang on about them all he likes on our forum, and as always nobody will take any interest! Jet2 will be around for a long time to come!
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 19:14
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Simon, Jet2 are doing their best.They do not have years of tour operator revenue behind them going back the B720's.Would you like to see them fold? All those good people losing their jobs? Do you think all LBA pax should travel to MAN for their flights?
If MON had started at the same time as Jet2 they would probably not be around now having collapsed trying to please tossers like you.
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Old 31st Jan 2010, 20:01
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Wawkrk. I completely agree with your last post. Have just taken time to read up about Monarch.s history, B720 etc and whilst they have done well and are one of the UKs best airlines they have had the time to build up a newer aircraft fleet, compared to Jet2, and with the benefit of tour operators and other contracts continue in business to this day as reasonably profitable. It is not really fair to compare the two and then right off Jet2 as a second rate outfit which they are not. The good people of Yorkshire and elsewhere certainly appreciate a decent low cost airline on the door step and are proving it by using Jet2. To me they seem to be doing all the right things and will be around in many years time, perhaps even a base at Luton.
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