FR24 has Condor B763 D-ABUK which diverted in on Saturday leaving NCL for FRA today at 14:00 as Flight no. DE4800.

D-ABUK still on the ground :E

... at FRA! :ok:

Left NCL just before 15.00

Just seen good to see the bird back up and running with some NCL TLC :ok:

The "troubled" Condor D-ABUK
 

Looks like the bird is sick again - Departed Varadero yesterday evening for FRA, but didn't make Bahamas (33,000ft) before turning around to return to VRA 40mins later.https://www.flightradar24.com/data/f...e2198/#e3b3d64

Needs some downtime by the looks of it 3 Diverts in the space of a week is not good. D-ABUI has been on the ground for 17 days at MAN according to FR.

Tunisia
 

Expect to see flights again for next summer 2018

Jet2 to Prague today had a pressure problem. The media using the normal scare words to fill the headline banner.

Passengers in tears as Jet2 flight from Newcastle to Prague makes terrifying emergency landing - Chronicle Live

Really bad PR for Jet2, 30 Year old aircraft losing cabin pressure twice in the space of a week will fuel these articles

I really wonder just how many pax would actually be comfortable flying in a 30+ year old aircraft if they were aware of this.
To me it's all too easy to simply say " we have excellent inspection & maintenance programs". These guys are pushing the boundaries, when most of the 73's that came off the production line at around this time are long gone.:hmm:

I agree.
I get my car serviced regularly but I wouldn't want to be driving a 30 year old one without breakdown cover which, of course, wouldn't be much help at 30,000ft.

I wonder who knows that Lufthansa, British Airways, KLM etc are using Airbuses and Boeing that are almost the same age

Can I get through security wearing water wings?

I really hate mentioning aircraft age because problems can appear on any aircraft but they do themselves no favours you could pay around the same and end up on a 30YO Jet2 aircraft or book TOM or TCX and be on a modern model in some cases less than 5 year old. The days where aircraft age wasnt freely available to the public are now over and I think it's really poor from Jet2 to still think it's acceptable to fly people around on such old planes, that fleet renewal can't come off the production line soon enough.

But you can book a flight with Jet2 and get an aircraft less than 6 months old

Not out of Newcastle! :ok:

We operate 800's from NCL so there's no reason why you couldn't be on a brand new one.

Or alternatively you could be on one of their very old aeroplanes too, old aeroplanes that they run 24/7 rather than Jet2 ones that run about 16/7. I am personally very happy flying round in a 30year old Jet2 aeroplane. It's not about the age, it's about how many times it's been up and down.

There have been none based this summer (might have been the odd stand in), the new a/c seem to be allocated to certain bases so the odds are slim (certainly compared to getting a less new 733). Been reported elsewhere this is due to the new a/c having different spares packs?

What very old a/c are TOM or TCX basing out of NCL?

In the real world, if you book a bucket and spade flight out of NCL you are far more likely to get an older a/c if you book Jet2 than you are than with any of the competition.

Personally, I couldn't give a toss, but lets not twist facts.