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Can’t think there would be a problem as Wizz 321neo operate successfully from LTN with no issues and their runway is shorter
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Nerdy question….apologies.
Jet2 have 34 new build 738s, or to put it another way, 43% of their 738 fleet are new build.
I was led to believe all 738s just move around the bases and there are no specific allocations. Yet, if you look at NCL operations over the last few months, the vast majority of the aircraft are new build. Yes, they move around, but the maths still show it’s a mainly new build base. The last week for example, 7 out of 8 are new, way ahead of the expected 43% if it were just random.
Is this just a coincidence or is there an operational decision to put more new builds at NCL?
Jet2 have 34 new build 738s, or to put it another way, 43% of their 738 fleet are new build.
I was led to believe all 738s just move around the bases and there are no specific allocations. Yet, if you look at NCL operations over the last few months, the vast majority of the aircraft are new build. Yes, they move around, but the maths still show it’s a mainly new build base. The last week for example, 7 out of 8 are new, way ahead of the expected 43% if it were just random.
Is this just a coincidence or is there an operational decision to put more new builds at NCL?
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Nerdy question….apologies.
Jet2 have 34 new build 738s, or to put it another way, 43% of their 738 fleet are new build.
I was led to believe all 738s just move around the bases and there are no specific allocations. Yet, if you look at NCL operations over the last few months, the vast majority of the aircraft are new build. Yes, they move around, but the maths still show it’s a mainly new build base. The last week for example, 7 out of 8 are new, way ahead of the expected 43% if it were just random.
Is this just a coincidence or is there an operational decision to put more new builds at NCL?
Jet2 have 34 new build 738s, or to put it another way, 43% of their 738 fleet are new build.
I was led to believe all 738s just move around the bases and there are no specific allocations. Yet, if you look at NCL operations over the last few months, the vast majority of the aircraft are new build. Yes, they move around, but the maths still show it’s a mainly new build base. The last week for example, 7 out of 8 are new, way ahead of the expected 43% if it were just random.
Is this just a coincidence or is there an operational decision to put more new builds at NCL?
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Jet2 have a lot of older 737-800s, since 2006 the SFP (Short Field Performance) package has been available. It improved the takeoff and landing performance of the type. TUI I believe have all their aircraft modified. But with Jet2 having a mixed fleet it would make sense to keep the SFP aircraft in bases where it was most beneficial.
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going out on a whim here by saying it’s coincidence, jet2 love the term ‘to fit the operation’ they’ll send aircraft anywhere and everywhere however I do see the certain AC won’t leave other bases or are only shared via 2 for example FJ and FF without the winglets always seem to be at STN or MAN. However I wanna say the others just get allocated when needed i suppose.
LBA sees quiet a mixture of old and newer Boeing 737-800s depending on maintenance requirements. Oh we can't get rid of the Boeing 737-300 work horses...
Nerdy question….apologies.
Jet2 have 34 new build 738s, or to put it another way, 43% of their 738 fleet are new build.
I was led to believe all 738s just move around the bases and there are no specific allocations. Yet, if you look at NCL operations over the last few months, the vast majority of the aircraft are new build. Yes, they move around, but the maths still show it’s a mainly new build base. The last week for example, 7 out of 8 are new, way ahead of the expected 43% if it were just random.
Is this just a coincidence or is there an operational decision to put more new builds at NCL?
Jet2 have 34 new build 738s, or to put it another way, 43% of their 738 fleet are new build.
I was led to believe all 738s just move around the bases and there are no specific allocations. Yet, if you look at NCL operations over the last few months, the vast majority of the aircraft are new build. Yes, they move around, but the maths still show it’s a mainly new build base. The last week for example, 7 out of 8 are new, way ahead of the expected 43% if it were just random.
Is this just a coincidence or is there an operational decision to put more new builds at NCL?
just to provide more stats to digest in 2019 from
NCL we flew out and back on new 737’s (JZHJ and JZBO ) but last year it was the much older GDFP and GDFS. At that time there seemed to be more older models based than new!
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Just had a phone call from a very annoyed Mrs Mac. You may re call earlier in this thread a point I raised re booking flight only trips with Jet 2 and the fact that you get shoved onto the last flights of the day. Well this morning she received an email offering all the earlier flights which were not available to her earlier this year at a cheaper price. To say she is unimpressed is a slight understatement.
I suggested she phone Jet 2 customer relations rather than rant at her husband who is on the other side of the continent !! However I do agree with her it is sharp practise especially when she had this discussion with them and was specifically told that these flights would be for their Holiday customers only. So they either lied or their booking’s v capacity are out of tilt. Anyway glad I am not in customer relations at Jet 2 this morning.
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I suggested she phone Jet 2 customer relations rather than rant at her husband who is on the other side of the continent !! However I do agree with her it is sharp practise especially when she had this discussion with them and was specifically told that these flights would be for their Holiday customers only. So they either lied or their booking’s v capacity are out of tilt. Anyway glad I am not in customer relations at Jet 2 this morning.
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I don't understand, especially for someone with likely more knowledge of the industry than average, your dismay here. Flights to resort destinations are commonly designed around full holiday sales. As the departure nears and booking trends are recalculated, then further seat-only seats can commonly be made available , if there are now different forecasts. Maybe, maybe not. Saying the company 'lied' is quite inappropriate trolling, that's exactly how it was at the time.
It also aligns with typical booking patterns, where those booking holidays peak several months beforehand, while seat-only bookings do so just days/weeks before departure.
Do you get hacked at the supermarket if they charge you £2 for a loaf of bread, when 15 minutes before closing they offer the same product, but only if they have any left, at 20p ?
It also aligns with typical booking patterns, where those booking holidays peak several months beforehand, while seat-only bookings do so just days/weeks before departure.
Do you get hacked at the supermarket if they charge you £2 for a loaf of bread, when 15 minutes before closing they offer the same product, but only if they have any left, at 20p ?
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Yes this is them just selling off seats to raise some money, that they feel will not be sold for holidays. Remember, once that door closes at departure, if that seat is empty, it is a perished product.
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I don't understand, especially for someone with likely more knowledge of the industry than average, your dismay here. Flights to resort destinations are commonly designed around full holiday sales. As the departure nears and booking trends are recalculated, then further seat-only seats can commonly be made available , if there are now different forecasts. Maybe, maybe not. Saying the company 'lied' is quite inappropriate trolling, that's exactly how it was at the time.
It also aligns with typical booking patterns, where those booking holidays peak several months beforehand, while seat-only bookings do so just days/weeks before departure.
Do you get hacked at the supermarket if they charge you £2 for a loaf of bread, when 15 minutes before closing they offer the same product, but only if they have any left, at 20p ?
It also aligns with typical booking patterns, where those booking holidays peak several months beforehand, while seat-only bookings do so just days/weeks before departure.
Do you get hacked at the supermarket if they charge you £2 for a loaf of bread, when 15 minutes before closing they offer the same product, but only if they have any left, at 20p ?
They get upset if they find that the person sitting next to them.paid less for their flight. They might have got their act together and booked earlier or the booking system cleared a number of empty seats or as has been suggested the block booking for holidays was over ambitious.
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Well a quick up date she has moved her flight time successfully, and has not paid for the privilege she tells me after discussion with Jet 2.
The use of the word lied, which seems to have caused some emotion is correct. She was told specifically that these flights were ONLY available for their Holiday customers, and that she could not book flight only on them and that they would not be released for flight only. As to the cost, that was immaterial, it was the time off departure / arrival that was her concern. They moved the goalposts at the very least.
I do travel probably more by air than the average person, though on here I am pretty sure there are others with equal or if not greater knowledge of being SLF, but I do find it odd that a company specifically say Holidays only, then changes the rules like that. You are an airline or a holiday company, I struggle to see how you can do both. Would it not be reasonable to allow so many seats for Holiday and so many for flight only on a given A/C ? Anyway she is happy with the outcome which for me is the main thing.
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The use of the word lied, which seems to have caused some emotion is correct. She was told specifically that these flights were ONLY available for their Holiday customers, and that she could not book flight only on them and that they would not be released for flight only. As to the cost, that was immaterial, it was the time off departure / arrival that was her concern. They moved the goalposts at the very least.
I do travel probably more by air than the average person, though on here I am pretty sure there are others with equal or if not greater knowledge of being SLF, but I do find it odd that a company specifically say Holidays only, then changes the rules like that. You are an airline or a holiday company, I struggle to see how you can do both. Would it not be reasonable to allow so many seats for Holiday and so many for flight only on a given A/C ? Anyway she is happy with the outcome which for me is the main thing.
Cheers
M Mac
She was told specifically that these flights were ONLY available for their Holiday customers, and that she could not book flight only on them and that they would not be released for flight only.
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Well a quick up date she has moved her flight time successfully, and has not paid for the privilege she tells me after discussion with Jet 2.
The use of the word lied, which seems to have caused some emotion is correct. She was told specifically that these flights were ONLY available for their Holiday customers, and that she could not book flight only on them and that they would not be released for flight only. As to the cost, that was immaterial, it was the time off departure / arrival that was her concern. They moved the goalposts at the very least.
I do travel probably more by air than the average person, though on here I am pretty sure there are others with equal or if not greater knowledge of being SLF, but I do find it odd that a company specifically say Holidays only, then changes the rules like that. You are an airline or a holiday company, I struggle to see how you can do both. Would it not be reasonable to allow so many seats for Holiday and so many for flight only on a given A/C ? Anyway she is happy with the outcome which for me is the main thing.
Cheers
M Mac
The use of the word lied, which seems to have caused some emotion is correct. She was told specifically that these flights were ONLY available for their Holiday customers, and that she could not book flight only on them and that they would not be released for flight only. As to the cost, that was immaterial, it was the time off departure / arrival that was her concern. They moved the goalposts at the very least.
I do travel probably more by air than the average person, though on here I am pretty sure there are others with equal or if not greater knowledge of being SLF, but I do find it odd that a company specifically say Holidays only, then changes the rules like that. You are an airline or a holiday company, I struggle to see how you can do both. Would it not be reasonable to allow so many seats for Holiday and so many for flight only on a given A/C ? Anyway she is happy with the outcome which for me is the main thing.
Cheers
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So you cannot book all flights as flight only.