Jet2 - 3

[airhumberside]

Apparently another is to be announced, ofcourse could be entire speculation and rumour

Its not speculation but fact. The Jet 2 MD told the travel trade gazette another base is to be announced

[daz211]

Maybe STN ! But I think it might be classed as a base already.

[pug]

The MD said that the next base will not be in the south of England so i guess that rules out any London airports. NWI has been mentioned but i suppose it depends whether that is classed as southern?

Perhaps CWL or GLA?

[conti onepass]

why dont jet2 just concentrate on the airports they already fly from, im sure blackpool could do with more flights, also manchester, what happened to all the european cities they used to fly to i.e amsterdam, barcelona, surely these flights were popular!!!!

[EI-BUD]

Perhaps CWL or GLA?

How about Doncaster Sheffield given that Jet2 is well known in the region, also how are relations with Leeds Airport at the moment on foot of the news of Ryanair´s base coming?

EI-BUD

[aeulad]

I will put my neck out and say that I think the next Jet2 base will be Humberside. Starting with one based aircraft in Summer 2010. I really hope DSA doesn't get this one.

Regards

Mike

[4567]

GLA could be doing with a new airline entering the market tbh.

[No RYR for me]

what happened to all the european cities they used to fly to i.e amsterdam, barcelona, surely these flights were popular!!!!

There is a simple rule: if you dont make money on a route: bin it! And dont get started about the number of pax on a flight etc. You have to look at the revenue on a route, which Jet2 does well... so there is your answer

[conti onepass]

ok thanks for attitude!!!

[aidoair]

I will put my neck out and say that I think the next Jet2 base will be Humberside. Starting with one based aircraft in Summer 2010. I really hope DSA doesn't get this one.

Regards

Mike

Why do you hope DSA doesn't get it ??? You seem to feel strongly about this, any reason?

However, it would be good to see if it was Humberside. It will certainly be more focussed on the holiday side of the business with attracting other tour operators as XL proved this a popular base a couple years back.

[BKS Air Transport]

Personally, I would go for CWL. I suspect there is a lot of leakage from South Wales towards Bristol, so they would have a chance to reverse this and build up brand loyalty amongst the Welsh. Given that it can't be anywhere in the south of England, the other front runner is probably GLA. I would give HUY an outside chance with a small base. I don't think Doncaster is realistic, as it would dilute their existing bases, especially with the development now at EMA. Also, with the exception of BLK, Jet2 do not seem to go for 'secondary' airports. A similar argument would apply to MME.

[WELSHGUY40]

jet2

yes cwl would be good we need it

[aeulad]

Being from East Yorkshire, I am a big supporter of Humberside, and with family in Spain, it would be much more convenient if HUY had more flights to the sun. If DSA gets LS, then I don't believe HUY will ever attract a prosperous low cost based operator.

Regards

Mike

[aidoair]

Unfortunately now that we have DSA i don't think HUY would attract a true low cost carrier to have a base there anyway, i.e EZY FR etc...
As said before if LS were to base at HUY i guess it would focus on holiday routes such as those it offers from EMA, attracting travel agency's and tour operators. XL showed it to be successful in this market a couple of years back and was set for an increase ind estinations the following summer (however it obviously never happened due to other reasons)
At a push, HUY could offer hi-frequency med routes, however the airport is less suited to handle a huge increase in traffic at present. DSA on the other hand is slightly ready positioned for this, its ready to go and has already proved itself popular on the low-cost high frequency model.

[righthandrule]

Opening a base at HUY or DSA and MME makes so sense at all, Jet2 would simply dilute their current market at LBA/NCL/MAN and now EMA, competing against themselves.

Look out for a 757 appearing at Dublin operating a mirror of the EMA base. Treading on Ryanair's toes but operating routes that are slightly out of their reach.

[aidoair]

Opening a base at HUY or DSA and MME makes so sense at all, Jet2 would simply dilute their current market at LBA/NCL/MAN and now EMA, competing against themselves.

I agree to a certain extent, however, as Jet2 would be the sole operator at the above airports they would have control on what routes to operate as well as more control over pricing because of no/little competition from other airlines. DSA wouldn't really effect the LBA operations, a higher % people from South Yorkshire choose EMA and MAN as their main airports after DSA as said in past polls. With this in mind the routes from DSA could be totally different to those offered at EMA.

Look out for a 757 appearing at Dublin operating a mirror of the EMA base. Treading on Ryanair's toes but operating routes that are slightly out of their reach.

Now that seems a very realistic option. Again it would be able to fill a gap left by previous tour operators over their and increase choice! Now i wouldn't have thought DUB but it does make sense.

[RobT100]

Look at the massive clanger Thomson's dropped when they moved out of LBA in favour of DSA.
I think thats a lesson enough for anyone. Can't see Jet2 moving in there at all.

[NEW-CREW]

What do you think the chances of a non-UK base would be? I don't know where or how this would work, but may be worth considering.

[aidoair]

Look at the massive clanger Thomson's dropped when they moved out of LBA in favour of DSA.
I think thats a lesson enough for anyone. Can't see Jet2 moving in there at all.

Now what clanger would this be?

Thomson holidays charter business is a great success at DSA with 3 based aircraft this summer and so was there scheduled / high-frequency routes. The reason the latter has more or less finished now is because of a group wide restructuring of the company, back to its orginal routes, the charter market. It's the part Thomson knows best. BOH, CVT, CWL, MAN and LGW among its other larger airports also now no longer serve this scheduled, high-frequency marke. So this to me is no fault of DSA at all.

I know it sounds like i am sticking up for DSA on this thread but as I work in the industry i am a big fan of all airports in the UK and i like them to do well. The thing is DSA now needs another based airline to make up for the loss of routes Thomson no longer serve. While it would be great to see EZY or FR, I think they like expansion on large scales these days. So Jet2 could be the best one for the job. Its a great success story at LBA because it believed in the airport and now look at it.

[pug]

Rumour been posted on another forum that the new base is a two horse race between DSA and HUY for 1xbased machine.

If this is true i suspect Peel will be offering the top deal, only good point for HUY is that they have just confirmed EMA as next base and MAG may have given a good offer for use of HUY aswell? Plus its a bit further from EMA and LBA too and the charter routes with XL were supposidly profitable. Plenty of room for a based machine or two i suspect.

The thing is DSA now needs another based airline to make up for the loss of routes Thomson no longer serve.

I think judging by their recent expansion that their market has changed from the city destinations to the tour operator and sun routes. I think whichever airport they choose it would be the same for the forseable future. The risk is that Jet2 would only replicate routes currently served by TOM from DSA and also by FR if they come back next summer.

As i say i would have thought Peel will make a good offer but it depends whats been layed on the table with MAG as they just announced the EMA base, could be similar to the FR deal a couple of years ago which saw FR base at EMA and a DUB route being trialed at HUY. That is all assuming the rumour i posted has some truth in it.