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.