I would say Prestwick as they would probably like to see how the Scottish market runs,also there was a strong rumour from the PIK management that they would be basing an aircraft,used for a twice daily service to Amsterdam and another European route,which I think would be Geneva or Alicante.

kpiko3

I would think it unlikely that Jet2 will move into PIK.

It's parent Channex is also involved with flyglobespan, who are pulling out of PIK in favour of GLA.

It would'nt make sense to go in with Jet2.

Regards

Mike

Wait for it you 'orrible lot!

But - cosmijewel - if the wife doesn't fancy LBA then I'm afraid you'll probably have a limited choice as the airport on't hill is likely to feature highly in Jet2's plans. Most Tykes like it!!

Even us exiles like to get back, Compton's nice and all that but a POL 1X is better!

The 5th 733 arrived at LBA tonight.

i believe that jet2 are to announce lba-bfs this thursday or friday,and thats from their tele res department,apparently res staff have been briefed that an announcement regarding the same is due at the end of the week...

Any one know what routes they are doing over the winter? thro Leeds the other day and from the South side they seemed to have 3 737 parked up most of the day, well at least for the 3 or 4 hours that i was there.

Belfast would be great, but i would like to see them do a Dublin, then again i guess MOL would go ape at a 0.01p a sector plus tax

LBA-BFS services start 17th November. 2 x daily in the week and a SAT morning and SUN evening service at the weekend. Seats currently selling at £1 in each direction.

www.jet2.com

G_Loco

Apparently,JET2 have had a fantastic response to their LBA-BFS route launch so far with nearly all weekend flights in both directions being sold out,even though they sold all the seats for just a £1 each way,for november.I,ve tried to book some seats for the end of november and the response is "sorry flight full".Unlike others on this forum I think FLYBE have their work cut out for them what with another route to contend with as far as competition goes,and FLYBE dont like competition.When faced with it, they sell seats at £0.00 and just charge the tax but how long can they last charging nowt for a flight.Id love to work in their revenue management dept for a day.FLYBE boast of 38% pax figures more this year but thats all down to all their new bases and increased flying programme but id bet their yeild per pax is down way low.I wonder what their percentage figure is at bhd for pax lost what with BMI and EASYJET at BFS competing on all the routes they used to charge a fortune for.I bet they dont post those figures on their website

"Jet 2 have had a fantastic response to their LBA-BFS route launch so far" So what! As anyone knows a new route will always attract a certain "novelty" value with people curious to find out what kind of service they will get with a new carrier.

It should, of course, be borne in mind that the £1 fare is only for November after which it will revert to £19, exactly the same as the internet fare Flybe are currently offering - Flybe have always offered a good service on BHD-LBA with a decent spread of flight times and whilst Jet 2 only offer 2 per day, Flybe have at least double that.

It remains to be seen who will win out at the end of the day! Flybe are not going to simply bow out just because they have a little competition from a fledgling carrier who have yet to prove themselves!

ALLMCC

Jet2 may be a fledging carrier in the sense that it is a new venture for the Dart Group, but I don't think that they are the same as a completely new start-up with no background in operations etc. I think that the bosses of the Dart Group would not enter the market lightly and would be clear as to what their potential is on a route such as Belfast. The proof will be in the passenger figures from December onwards and how FlyBe respond.

Has anyone considered LBA-LUT as an option???:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

why would anyone want to fly between Leeds/Bradford and Laura Station, Austraila??????? can't see it working myself!

no,no,no I think you mean Australia and I think Aquaplane1 meant LTN - didn't Capital do LBA-LGW?

Capital did LBA-LGW and LBA-LTN I believe.

Ooopps I did indeed mean Luton.
If Capital used to run both routes which was the most utilised??

I don't think Captial did LBA-LTN, they did LTN-DUB. Have a look at CAA data for what the traffic was on LBA-LGW - they operated in about 1989/90?

As far as I can remember Luton was an early out-late back daily that was basically just a positioing flight for the 146 for it's day of LTN-BHD's. Always cheap fares though and OK for a day in the smoke.

I don't think Captial did LBA-LTN, they did LTN-DUB. Have a look at CAA data for what the traffic was on LBA-LGW - they operated in about 1989/90?


Double entry - sorry.

Heard you the first time!! They did though, I went on it in my youth.

Sorry, don't know why that came out twice....

I hadn't realised they sold it as a revenue flight, though I guess they had to position the aircraft. Also I couldn't remember if they did BHD as well as DUB (or just BHD). Did anyone go on their flights to AGP - somewhat marginal with the 146s that they had...