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Originally Posted by azz767
I wonder if the sketchy reliability of Smartlynx at BHX has made them look elsewhere, or whether this is actually additional capacity.
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Originally Posted by SamuelDonuts
Nailed it. Never again...
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Originally Posted by Cazza_fly
Proof they actually care about their reputation and passengers. TUI on the other hand have yet again leased them in for the summer. Even after the disastrous mess they caused them last year.
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Originally Posted by Cazza_fly
Proof they actually care about their reputation and passengers. TUI on the other hand have yet again leased them in for the summer. Even after the disastrous mess they caused them last year.
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Originally Posted by Yeehaw22
Haha yeah because airexplore and smartwings are so much better.
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Originally Posted by Cazza_fly
Statistically Smartwings are, but i cant comment on Airexplore. The main point is, Smartlynx let them down hugely last year. Luckily Jet2 managed to action plenty of contingency plans so not to impact their holiday pax too much. Something TUI in the UK did not / were unable to with their Smartlynx operation last year. Lets hope they have learnt from their mistakes.
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Originally Posted by Cazza_fly
??? Are you sure of the destination ?
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The main thing is that they have learned from last year and are looking at alternatives to SmartLynx, which shows that they are at least trying to do better than last year. You can't knock them for that.
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Originally Posted by Vokes55
Nonsense. Jet2 were just as badly affected as TUI (and EZY). Every weekend of the summer was a total shambles for Jet2 at BHX.
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Originally Posted by Kevgti
I'm convinced that I saw a post somewhere about Jet2 flights to Cape Verde being rumoured for this year and a reference to there being more padding required on the seats....can't for the life of me find it now.
It will also most likely require night-stopping of crew in CV. I believe Tui only crew flights on both rotations if on the 787? 737 crew have to night stop. This would add complexity to the Jet2 flying program as they haven’t yet dipped their toes in such a regular operation.
I’m also not sure if the 737-800 has the legs for it? I believe Tui utilises the MAX?
Something for the 757/A321. Neither of which are based at STN. Not their own metal anyway.
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Originally Posted by Vokes55
Nonsense. Jet2 were just as badly affected as TUI (and EZY). Every weekend of the summer was a total shambles for Jet2 at BHX.
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Printout out the truth is not fanboysim. It's simply the truth. Jet2 were able to recovery quickly and make more contingency plans. I don't think, even if first summer back, the Wamos A330 was in the plans but ended up been in the plans due to the Smartlynx fiasco.
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Originally Posted by Yeehaw22
Haha yeah because airexplore and smartwings are so much better.
Smartwings have a reputation which they'll have to live up to. This is proof that Jet2 don't mess about and if an ACMI carrier is crap they are shown the door.
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Originally Posted by LBAflyer22
They briefly dealt with AirExplore last year in EMA for 2 weeks.
Smartwings have a reputation which they'll have to live up to. This is proof that Jet2 don't mess about and if an ACMI carrier is crap they are shown the door.
Smartwings have a reputation which they'll have to live up to. This is proof that Jet2 don't mess about and if an ACMI carrier is crap they are shown the door.
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Originally Posted by LBAflyer22
Printout out the truth is not fanboysim. It's simply the truth. Jet2 were able to recovery quickly and make more contingency plans. I don't think, even if first summer back, the Wamos A330 was in the plans but ended up been in the plans due to the Smartlynx fiasco.
Again from memory TUI also sorted out short-haul and it was just long-haul that had the main issues. I think what helped was Jet2 always planned to have a spare 738 at BHX and all that changed in the end is that swapped to one of the A321's.
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Originally Posted by Kevgti
I'm convinced that I saw a post somewhere about Jet2 flights to Cape Verde being rumoured for this year and a reference to there being more padding required on the seats....can't for the life of me find it now.
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If Cape Verde was going to happen this summer, then it would have been put on sale by now.
It will also most likely require night-stopping of crew in CV. I believe Tui only crew flights on both rotations if on the 787? 737 crew have to night stop. This would add complexity to the Jet2 flying program as they haven’t yet dipped their toes in such a regular operation.
I’m also not sure if the 737-800 has the legs for it? I believe Tui utilises the MAX?
Something for the 757/A321. Neither of which are based at STN. Not their own metal anyway.
As the a321 neo start to arrive giving better range then, just maybe, that is when Jet2 will start 'dipping their toes into such operations' with a long term plan for further expansion.
It will also most likely require night-stopping of crew in CV. I believe Tui only crew flights on both rotations if on the 787? 737 crew have to night stop. This would add complexity to the Jet2 flying program as they haven’t yet dipped their toes in such a regular operation.
I’m also not sure if the 737-800 has the legs for it? I believe Tui utilises the MAX?
Something for the 757/A321. Neither of which are based at STN. Not their own metal anyway.
As the a321 neo start to arrive giving better range then, just maybe, that is when Jet2 will start 'dipping their toes into such operations' with a long term plan for further expansion.
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Originally Posted by leadinghand
I’m also not sure if the 737-800 has the legs for it? I believe Tui utilises the MAX?
As you mentioned though, when the A321neos start arriving, i'd expect to see both BVC and SID introduced.
