Jet2 - 3

[IB4138]

if you had to pay £200 for a flight to Blackpool

That isn't what I said.

for a AGP-BLK return flight, it was over €200 cheaper to fly to MAN and use the train to Blackpool North,

The actual fare that Jet2 wanted was just short of €400 (£320).

Using different carriers and Trans Pennine Express via MAN, the total fares came to less than €200 (£160).

Jet2 to BLK worked out a whole 100% dearer!

[A320fan]

Jet2 do very well on the limited routes they have from BLK. In reality it was highly likely that the flight in question was near full, so Jet2, along with every lo co carrier charge a fortune for the last remaining seats.

Personally i find £36.98 (19th Oct) a bargain for a 2.5-3 hour flight to AGP. That includes the fare, taxes, charges and 1 hold bag.

10 years ago would you have been able to fly from BLK to AGP for example for less than £38 each way? No.

Jet2 need to get more realistic with their pricing when they are offering an inferior product

Leather Seats? 30" Seat Pitch (bmi baby 29", easyJet 29", Monarch 28", XL 29", Thomsonfly 29") A smart cabin crew uniform (not the fleeces that bmi baby wear)

Its not just Jet2 that put a low starting price, look at the caryr on Ryanair has had. It is simple yet clever marketing, say a customer visits the Jet2.com website and sees Manchester to Alicante, all charges £100 all over the home page. They then go on bmi baby website and see Manchester to Alicante from £19.99 all over their home page. Guess who they are most likely to book with based on price. bmi baby. You cant blame airlines for wanting to take money from their customers, after all they are all here to make a profit ...

[757 Speedbrakes]

The two airlines, both good at what they do, just aren't compatiable

Thankyou!! Just seen this thread having been a way a while! The yanks are having a worse ecconomic time than we are. Who in their right mind would want to fly from America to a s**thole like LBA! (unless they have a fasination for cold crappy weather, whippets and a curry from Bradford!)

If you could go on your hols to the US I'm betting that most would choose, Florida, New York, LA etc etc, not some crappy town in Alabama for example!

Maybe a Jet2/Flyglobespan codeshare agreemnet on some routesfrom MAN anyway!

Not sure how relations are between companies now but lets please not have the Jet2 / Globescam merger debate again! GSM lost £13M and their engineering is even worse than Jet2's!

The last thing Jet2 needs is large expansion. Just carry on ticking over with the profitable routes, watch spending and try and get as many charters as possible to get though the winter.

[4567]

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle4087988.ece

Its all right Rick Green chief executive of Flyglobespan has answered that question. He said "merging with another airline was unlikely although he would like partnerships with other companies in the travel sector". So as i said before codshare on some routes with jet2.

Though acording to him it would be "difficult to believe a relationship with another carrier would do anything other than just absorb our time". The Globespan Group Plc plan to aquire more hotels in europe etc on that side of the business while re-newing Flyglobespans B733's and 736's with B737-700's & 800's. Also plans to aquire another 752 for long-haul.

Flyglobespan is set for profit this year and are "three quarters hedged" on fuel and 1 738 & 3 763's on lease W08. As for maintenance the whole enginering department was moved to MAN not that long ago after a new head came in from TCX and made big changes and should hopefully pick up.

[wawkrk]

Speedbrakes
New York is for sure a one way route.
LBA a S**thole, for sure,weather,worse than you describe.But, come on, Leeds is not so bad now and they are turning it into a mini Manhattan.
Whippets,not so many as Donny. Curry,fantastic.
Out towards Poole and the Dales its very nice and only minutes from the airport.And what about Old York?
There are about 15 flights per week to Malaga,but how many Spaniards come to Leeds?
Err sorry,but I already scrammed away.
wawkrk

[BYALPHAINDIA]

Went upto LBIA this morning, No signs of a 'recession' at Jet 2.

Watched them land & T/Off one after the other about 12 went out in 3 hours.

They must be flogging them (seats that is)

A free Jet2 Airshow.

[daz211]

you want a free Air show !

Try STN 32 dep in one hour and thats only the Ryanair Dep's .

[BABDUCK]

Who in their right mind would want to fly from America to a s**thole like LBA! (unless they have a fasination for cold crappy weather, whippets and a curry from Bradford!)

Exactly - that is why you can only book LBA - EWR - LBA and not vice versa!!

Odd that I am having to post this - you would have thought employees would have known this was the case!!

BD. xxx

[robo283]

"Try STN 32 dep in one hour and thats only the Ryanair Dep's "

Thanks daz211 but as STN is a London airport one would expect it to be somewhat busier than LBA.

What I can tell you is that LBA was verrrrrry busy this afternoon with LS in particular shipping people in and out, left right and centre. Nice and warm in the departure lounge, and stonkingly hot in that greenhouse of an Arrivals corridor.

Not a whippet to be seen though....

[BigT2207]

Jet 2 Financial Calender 2008

Results for the 12 months to 31 March 2008. . . . . . . . . . 24 July 2008
Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 August 2008
Payment of final dividend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .September 2008
Results for the six months to 30 September 2008 . . . . . . . 20 November 2008
Payment of interim dividend . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . January 2009
Results for the 12 months to 31 March 2009 . . . . . . . . . . June 2009

[bruppy]

Jet2 Takeover??

Anyone heard anything about possible interest from the TCX group with regards to a takeover/merger?

[BigT2207]

My point is

There are people on here going on about the doom & gloom the finace of Jet2 and how they are going bust this year ect. SO I ahve giving them some dayes for there diary so they can check if there right.

Ie see post after yours about Jet2 takeover

[AEUENG]

BigT,

R u p*ssed or simply illiterate??!!

[BLKsheriff]

The 2007 annual report states that both the aviation and haulage fuel requirements are hedged or protected by contracts. A large chunk of the 06/07 profit disappeared into aircraft purchases...(have they bought any more in the last 12 months?) so in theory the turnover should be up in 07/08 and the you might expect the group profit to be about the same as last year following the february announcement about a poor j2 W08.

So why have the group shares dipped again? By my calculation the current value of the company is only £22.5 million on a share price of 16.5 pence, whic seems odd given the assets and new routes coming out (albeit slowly) for W08.

Something doesn't add up - is all of this driven by economic uncertainty etc etc or is there something else going on??? (and I'm not a jet2 doomsayer, I think they are the best thing to happen to BLK for many years).

[Facelookbovvered]

BLK

Airlines and builders are out of favor (see Barrats share price today) and energy companies are in. I think since the trading statement issued earlier this year Jet2 have pulled their reins in by culling routes, upping charges adding surcharges, will it be enough to turn a profit on the Jet2 non road freight side, we will know in a couple of weeks.

[BigT2207]

AEUENG


BigT,

R u p*ssed or simply illiterate??!!

I find your post childish, Offensive and maybe to go as far as bullying.

How do you know I am not dyslexic. I bet 99.9% of post on here have spelling mistakes or bad grammar. At least I can say I can spell ARE and YOU. As for being p*ssed as you put it I have lost someone close to me due to alcohol. So I hope you are proud of yourself.


Also the others on here getting on your High horses just because I posted something about when Jet2 end of year results are going to be announced In a Jet2 Forum. Which if I am right is about Jet2

I know the results are fro last year but that year ended 31st of March which if memory serves was only a couple of months ago. When just before that People were saying Jet2 are doomed the share price is falling.

Also when the results are announce there is a Chairmen's statement about the year ahead in which we know the plans for Jet2 in the next 12 months.

Thank you for reading


BigT

[colinhunn]

Well said BIG T. Who does that idiot think he/she is!! Some people on this site are so full of their own importance, they make me sick. Hope I've made no spelling mistakes!!!

Colin

[BYALPHAINDIA]

QUOTE
Airlines and builders are out of favor (see Barrats share price today) and energy companies are in. I think since the trading statement issued earlier this year Jet2 have pulled their reins in by culling routes, upping charges adding surcharges, will it be enough to turn a profit on the Jet2 non road freight side, we will know in a couple of weeks.

REPLY
I wouldn't say Jet2 have pulled any routes, They have been adding well to the list at LBIA.

11 Based Aircraft 2008.
8 Based Aircraft 2007.

[BYALPHAINDIA]

BIGT, I'm sorry to hear of your loss.

Stay with us, And keep your chin up.

They do say in life it's helpful to switch off & on like a light.(JR HARTLEY)

[stocky3]

Hi BigT

i think this person aeung is a plank!! not everyone is perfect , everyone as a fault of some kind. best to ignore this idiot.