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Interesting that Jet2 have bought the latest 757 outright, having been through a recent period of leasing aircraft - 2x737 and 1x757.
Presumably the price was right or they intend to keep this one longer!!
Presumably the price was right or they intend to keep this one longer!!
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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"
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']If I can kindly remind you, each one caters for a different market. MON is for people like you, snobs and stuck up people. Then people who don’t want to lower the standards to the likes of FR, but don’t want to pay over the odds for a simple flight with MON. Both can easily co-operate at EDI along with EZY. Just wondering when FR will jump on the EDI bandwagon unless they already have.[/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']If I can kindly remind you, each one caters for a different market. MON is for people like you, snobs and stuck up people. Then people who don’t want to lower the standards to the likes of FR, but don’t want to pay over the odds for a simple flight with MON. Both can easily co-operate at EDI along with EZY. Just wondering when FR will jump on the EDI bandwagon unless they already have.[/FONT]
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Monarch's EDI routes are and always have been for tour operators like TUI and Thomas Cook. I think its highly unlikely Monarch Schedule will be coming to EDI anytime soon, so the decision on MON being at EDI is down to putting in a good price when the tour ops are looking to get an airline for the route.
Jet2 on the otherhand are operating EDI in there own right and see potential in operating flights from the airport.
Jet2 on the otherhand are operating EDI in there own right and see potential in operating flights from the airport.
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Just wondering when FR will jump on the EDI bandwagon unless they already have.
"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"
There a standard 'pack em' in' charter carrier turned scheduled! When GB were around they offered far more than MON did! If you ask me LS match the service, MON was good in 'crown service' days but is not substantially better these days. Plus MON on-line check in is a farce, they make you pay to select a seat if you want to avail of the service (very 'Ryanair-esque'). I can see LS being around for a long time yet 
Join Date: Oct 2004
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I think there is room for both operators ,monarch are without doubt the more professional outfit but fares tend to be higher, Jet 2 are the cheap as chips operator and offer rock bottom prices, take your choice if your "on yer arse" fly jet 2, if you are not i would use the spotty M.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to start a Jet2 v Monarch argument here. Don't worry about SimonChowder - he's been dissing GSM for years. OK they have now gone but it had nothing to do with the uneducated comments from him.
Anyhoo, back to thread, at EDI we need someone to replace GSM and Jet2 are ideal, offering a basic service for a decent price. Personally speaking, I want to be able to fly to PFO for around £200, not the near £400 that TOM/MON are asking!
I'm having to go over next month and have to go BA, EDI-LGW-PFO and back. Pain in the ass when I cannot go direct from Scotland's capital airport!
Jet2 could make a kill here at EDI of they choose to expand!
Anyhoo, back to thread, at EDI we need someone to replace GSM and Jet2 are ideal, offering a basic service for a decent price. Personally speaking, I want to be able to fly to PFO for around £200, not the near £400 that TOM/MON are asking!
I'm having to go over next month and have to go BA, EDI-LGW-PFO and back. Pain in the ass when I cannot go direct from Scotland's capital airport!
Jet2 could make a kill here at EDI of they choose to expand!
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I think it would be a great shame if jet 2 chose not to expand at Edinburgh just because monarch are planning to offer scheduled flights out of there, surely theres room for two airlines?
As said before, monarch do tend to be a slightly more expensive so i am sure jet 2 would appeal to folks on a tighter budget,further i was chatting to a bod at work about who is a bit of a spotter and he reckons monarch just havent got enough aircraft to operate a big service up there ,how true that is i dont know
As said before, monarch do tend to be a slightly more expensive so i am sure jet 2 would appeal to folks on a tighter budget,further i was chatting to a bod at work about who is a bit of a spotter and he reckons monarch just havent got enough aircraft to operate a big service up there ,how true that is i dont know
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I am not saying it is a bad move, l am just pointing out it has been parked up for good part of the time over the last two years.
A/C were built to fly and not to have them sitting around on the ground.
Just don't be surprised that it will be a pain in the a**e for the Jet2 engineers in its first couple of months in service. It will be a very good a/c after that l am sure.
A/C were built to fly and not to have them sitting around on the ground.
Just don't be surprised that it will be a pain in the a**e for the Jet2 engineers in its first couple of months in service. It will be a very good a/c after that l am sure.
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Big difference daddy is monarchs 757,s have been maintained by monarch engineering from day one, who are id say the finest aircraft enginering company in the uk, jet 2 or ATC are not in the same class im afraid
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Actually Smudge' in my last firm, Monarch did the 'Heavy' hangar maintainance, but a little known company called BCT, made up & managed by a motley crew of ex BA, FCA, MON, TCK & TOM engineers who were the best maintainers I've seen in nearly 20 years of airline flying.
I don't think I EVER had to check the validity of an ADD because the aircraft were very, very well maintained.
If you are EASA compliant then that's it-you are EASA compliant, end of story.
Just because BCT weren't top dollar, it doesn't mean they were top drawer.
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I don't think I EVER had to check the validity of an ADD because the aircraft were very, very well maintained.
If you are EASA compliant then that's it-you are EASA compliant, end of story.
Just because BCT weren't top dollar, it doesn't mean they were top drawer.
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Sadly in the real world the standards of maintenance vary (as GSM found to their cost) and as a contract licensed engineer who has worked for most of the big european and middle eastern MRO,s over the last twenty years (including jet 2 at LBA) i can say with some certainty monarch are one of the very best, as a contractor i have no axe to grind, im saying it as it actually is , if i had to select one company to maintain my B757,s it would without doubt be monarch
ps daddy, what exactly do you mean by the "validity "of a defered defect?
ps daddy, what exactly do you mean by the "validity "of a defered defect?
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Of course standards vary smudge, i know for a fact if i put my 757 into GAMCO for a c check it will come out with all the boxes ticked legally but it wont be in half as good nick as it would be if MAEL had done that c check at luton, it would have been a lot cheaper mind you!