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[HH6702]

spare aircraft

Don't forget JET2 own there planes so don't have lease payments to make so they don't have to fly the planes in winter months if they are going to make a loss
Unlike thomson or thomas cook who send about 6-8 aircraft each on lease to skyservice during the winter months as these aircraft are leased and they need to make money during the quiet months.

Come august u won't find jet2 with a spare aircraft sitting around.
TOM and TCX may have a back up aircraft but only one.
I'm sure that last summer tcx had to charter other airlines when they had tech aircraft!

[Robert1992]

TCX have no spare aircraft this summer. They will need to charter out aircraft if any go tech!

[LPFR]

Looks like for the 20th and 21st, Jet2 will be operating on behalf of BA, flights to Geneva and Munich with B757 and Lyon, Oslo, Milan and Stuttgart with B733. Hope all works well for them! The new interiors will be more than welcome for the pax and comfortable enough for these sectors.

[MANTFS]

The 2 weeks of Easter School holidays along with the proceeding week and week after are generally regarded as peak weeks by Leisure Airlines, at least certainly by TCX, TOM and MON who have no spare capacity this weekend!

[Baron buzz]

Thomson have 3 spare a/c over the summer (providing they aren't tech too!)

757
767
737-800

Cheers.

[sam1993]

I think Jet2 will be the biggest provider of aircraft for BA this weekend with a total 4 737s and 2 757s operating for them!

A little off topic but...

TCX have no spare aircraft this summer. They will need to charter out aircraft if any go tech!

TCX will have an A320 as a standby aircraft this summer!

[DjerbaDevil]

According to updated information from the NET, JET2 have taken on two extra B757s and two B767s.

[dwshimoda]

I see simonchowder is at it again.

From the BA Strike thread in Spectators Balcony:
Quote:
I hear monarch are involved as are a fair few others, needless to say jet 2 were not invited to tender due to their reliability issues

As has been pointed out previously, Jet2 are providing 6 aircraft to BA this weekend.

And the idiot chowder has been banned again, perhaps this time it could be made permanent?

I'd love to know exactly what Jet2 did to him to make him so fanatically anti-Jet2!

DjerbaDevil: The B763's are cancelled, and there is only one extra B752, which is based at EMA.

[DjerbaDevil]

The two B752s that are shown as new acquisitions for JET2 are shown to have registrations G-LSAK and G-LSAC that came from ATA Airlines and Ryan International respectively. G-LSAK is shown to be stored at Lasham (QLA) at this moment.

Also, the same source maintains that JET2 have acquired two B763s, as follows:
25132 B767-38E(ER) PR-VAF Stored at Goodyear (GYR) Fom: GOL Trans. Aéreos
27427 B767-328(ER) PR-VAN Stored at Tucson (TUS) From: VRG Linhas Aéreas

Curiously the information on the B763s was updated very recently but as you say all indications from JET2 are that the deal was cancelled.

[757flyer]

as dwshimoda pointed out the 767s are cancelled, g-lsak is the new 757, g-lsac has been in service for 3 or more years with jet2!

An internal memo from the MD stated that the 767s have been delayed until 2011 due to uncertain economics on longhaul flying.

[toledoashley]

Why not get them now and put them on short haul routes in the summer?

[Ian Brooks]

Best option is if in doubt don`t do it yet


Ian B

[backtrack_32]

"toledoashley Why not get them now and put them on short haul routes in the summer?"

Another thing you have to think of is turn around time and man power. The 73's and 75's only take a small amount of men to turn around with a belt loader and some trollies, whereas a 767 takes more man power using high loaders and bins and more time.

[TOWTEAMBASE]

not if you have a supply of ULDs on station, decent loaders could turn a 767 as quick as a narrow body if everything is there waiting. A ramp transfer would be the only thing to slow it down really

[Flyboy543]

Years ago when TOM had their B762 or B763 flying a full shorthall schedule the turnaround times were 1 hour. The same for the B752, B738 & Airbus. Agreed there is quite a bit more equipment needed but has never been a big problem before.

[Jet2krazey]

Flying Tampon!

Any idea why the flying tampon is still white! why spend that money for it still to be the same!

YouTube - AIR_LIVERY_757_TIMELAPSE.mov Hope the link works!

[BAladdy]

LS @ EDI Summer 10

Does anyone know how many aircraft LS are basing at EDI of the peak summer months this year?.

Monday

Aircraft 1: EDI-PRG-EDI
Aircraft 2: EDI-VCE-EDI

Tuesday

Aircraft 1: EDI-FAO-EDI
Aircraft 2: EDI-MJV-EDI

Wednesday:

Aircraft 1: EDI-TLS-EDI

Thursday:

Aircraft 1: EDI-PRG-EDI-IBZ-EDI
Aircraft 2: EDI-FAO-EDI
Aircraft 3: EDI-MJV-EDI

Friday

Aircraft 1: EDI-VCE-EDI-MAH-EDI
Aircraft 2: EDI-PRG-EDI-LDE-EDI
Aircraft 3: EDI-MJV-EDI

Saturday

Aircraft 1: EDI-VCE-EDI-OLB-EDI
Aircraft 2: EDI-FAO-EDI-TLS-EDI
Aircraft 3: EDI-MJV-EDI-LRH-EDI
Aircraft 4: EDI-PMI-EDI-IBZ-EDI

Sunday

Aircraft 1: EDI-REU-EDI-IBZ-EDI
Aircraft 2: EDI-DBV-EDI-PRG-EDI
Aircraft 3: EDI-FAO-EDI
Aircraft 4: EDI-PMI-EDI-MJV-EDI

The reason I ask is because the way the current timetable stands there are some days where an aircraft will operate two sectors and either sit idle all morning or afternoon. On a Wednesday there pax operation ex EDI only requires one aircraft yet on a Saturday and Sunday they need four aircraft.

Does this mean on certain day there will be aircraft just sitting doing nothing?? and if that is the case why haven't LS launched more routes at EDI ??.

There are certain routes that LS operate to/from there other bases that would sell well ex EDI the mains routes being BUD, DLM, BGY, PFO and SSH,

Thanks in advance for any info

[GnRdL]

Jet2 could open a new route EDI-ALC, after bankruptcy of Globespan. They are missing a good opportunity.

[No RYR for me]

Jet2 could open a new route EDI-ALC, after bankruptcy of Globespan. They are missing a good opportunity.

I rate LS their ability to see if a route is viable higher than the fact that a backrupt airline had a goodload factor on it.

[purplehelmet]

flying tampon

jet2krazey, apparently its going out on lease next winter,
still seems a bit odd though to keep it white,unless thats whats been agreed with who ever is going to lease it.