I think there could be a market for Jet2 at DSA? Covers a lot of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire!

They use DSA as a diversion occasionally but operating from EMA and LBA I doubt it's in the running. HUY would have been a base long ago if they thought there was a separate market to cover.
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Anyone heard anything recently about tbe rumors they were looking to aquire a couple of 767s? That rumor seems to have died a death but with the economy picking up maybe its time to look again. With the 787s now being delivered there must be some decent 767s coming on the market second hand worth looking at.

Jet2 didn't rule out Aberdeen a couple of years ago, but not heard anything more since.

The city/area is booming presently, and forecast to continue doing so - but perhaps location (long flights/sectors) & catchment area mean it's well down the pecking order, if indeed it's on any pecking order.

LNIDA - I see a lot of passion and vision in what Jet2 do. It may not align with what everyone else sees as a business model - but it works and is profitable and seems to plan expansion at an achievable rate.

737-800s
 

Keep hearing some rumours of some new additions to the Boeing 737-800 fleet, has anyone heard anything?

Understand that 6x Boeing 737-800's will be joining the Jet2 fleet this winter..

LBIA is this for expansion or will some of the B733 be leaving the fleet or even
a mix, I know that MAN will be needing extra aircraft

Chaps

Jet2 have acquired an Ex. Air Europa 737-800. Reg TBC :):

Souce: Jet2 Fleet List

I see a lot of you suggesting new bases etc but it seems Jet2 are very slow but sure in their approach, what about expanding their existing bases? Surely they could be doing more at BFS for example?

Have to agree second dog BFS seems to be the poor cousin compared to the other bases

Jet2 Alicante Base
 

Hello

Does anyone know why Jet2 have since closed there Alicante based for 2014?

I was due to fly home on there early morning 8am flight but they have just cancelled all my booking offering me a 9PM flight for free or to pay to change to the 12.10!

Sneaky!

Z.J.C

Do you mean a free flight or a transfer without extra charge?

Sorry

I meant a transfer from 8am to 9pm slightly drastic change!

Yep I also understand that the ALC base is to remain open next summer 2014. It just that the ALC based aircraft wont be flying to LBA now due to all flights on that route been upgraded to be operated by Boeing 757-200, so there will be no need for the 3rd daily flight any more.

There has been quite a few changes made recently to the LBA based programme for next summer 2014 season as its been decided that a Boeing 737-300 is leaving LBA for another base to be replaced by a 2nd based Boeing 737-800.

Still operating according to the timetable, but not your flight, which presumably was to LBA

Jet2 at Glasgow
 

Saw today that Jet2 were operating two B738s, OK-TSA and OK-TVM. I know it sounds spottery, just wondered why the need to carry leases into the winter season? Maintenence? Or B757s parked up?

Five Boeing 737-300's, G-GDFG, G-GDFK, G-GDFM, G-GDFO & G-GDFT are due to be retrofitted with Winglets this winter (Don't know why) so it maybe to cover them whilst their winglets are being fitted :)

Travel Service just changed the Lanzarote winter based Boeing 737-800 aircraft around that's all, The Jet2 livered OK-TSA has been away in Prague for the last week having some maintenance after been worked hard out of East Midlands for the last 6 months. It positioned into Glasgow empty from Prague and went on to operate the EXS167 to Arrecife.

Meanwhile Boeing 737-800, OK-TVM which has been Lanzarote based operating as its replacement arrived inbound operating the EXS168 service and then positioned from Glasgow back to Prague empty.

Seems odd fitting winglets to 733s when they have several 752 and 738s without winglets. Maybe the fuel burn advantage is better on these or the kit is cheaper. It is hopefully a sign that they intend to fleet fit them.

Hi folks,

Just a question of curiosity more than anything else. I'm regularly out of EDI on a Friday evening and there always seems to be 4 or 5 Jet2's parked up on the remote / freight stands. Do they really have that much slack to have jets lying about or are they there for a specific purpose (just a timing quirk)

Thanks kindly
Kev

Think the Jet 2 QC Cargo 737's are pretty unique to the cargo bases ie EDI and not interchanged to other bases

What happens when the 300's require CPDLC/ACARS?

The Jet2 aircraft and "QC" versions which are converted to cargo ops in the evening to operate 4 x nightly flights on behalf of Royal Mail (2 each to EMA and STN).

The seats are palletized and removed in the evening then refitted the following morning for pax ops. This is the reason the pax schedule is light during the week and they are sitting on the freight stands.

EX

The engineering department already have a scheme in place to fit CPDLC to all Jet2 aircraft (except the freighter LW).

Interesting to hear they will be making that level of investment in the 733's. When you see MON & TCX placing orders for new fleets I had wondered if Jet2 might look at this. Whilst not in the same league as FR or EZY, with the fleet size being around 60 aircraft next year, you would think they have enough clout to do a deal with Boeing or Airbus.
However as much of the current fleet is bought & paid for, perhaps the cheaper option is to upgrade them & keep them going for a couple more years yet!

When you have a leased or new aircraft you have to work them hard but
Jet2 have quiet winters and hard working summers as they can afford to
and spend more time giving the aircraft some TLC over winter

Chaps

Spot-on, the Classic CFM 737s are pretty under-winged and the winglets give them a fuel-burn improvement right off the bat ( from routes 200 nm upwards I think ) whereas the NGs need to be operated on longer runs to see a similar benefit, as their wing is much improved as a baseline.

The Classics are also much lighter than the NGs, for the '300 versus '800 the empty weight difference is in the region of 10 tonnes! So they're much better suited to short-hop routes than the big heavy NGs.

Edit: actually this APB chart shows fuel savings almost immediately for the '300

737-300 | Aviation Partners Boeing

Thanks Too Few Stripes. What will it involve?

Hi,

Jet2 to close Lanzarote base from January.

I thought the Lanzarote base was a temporary winter only base using Travel Service aircraft. Closed a little earlier than originally planned.

Confirmed That Jet2 Will Acquire 5 Boeing 737-800's this winter, all with Winglets. Will re registered G-GDFS, W, X, Y and Z. Will be aquired from Travel Service Hungary, Travel Service Slovakia, TUIfly (X2) and Air Europa. :)

Source: Jet2 Fleet List

Does anyone no where G-CELY is haven't seen it in air for a while? Is it away for c-checks??

Last recorded flight on FR24 was LBA-SOF on 19/11/13. Do Jet2 have heavy maintenance carried out in Sofia?

Yes, the -300 have "C" checks performed there.

Thanks for that!

You sure FS isn't going to be a -300??

It was originally going to be an Ex. BMIbaby aircraft (G-TOYJ) but they cancelled it for an unknown reason :)

You sure about NCL?...the schedule requires 6 aircraft, same as last year.

Sorry my bad, was a typo.