I talk purely in terms of actual landing (or departing) flights per week. I would hope that you are right about capacity increasing. There is a net gain of 3 extra landings per week in high Summer compared with 2017 high Summer wherever the aircraft may be based. I hope like you that there is more to come!

I agree a 737 800 is too big for AMS, CDG, DUS etc just as it was too big for Lubeck, Madrid, Geneva, Sardinia and Toulouse etc from LBA. Just as an ATR42 is too big for Cork. Where LBA is geographically located means that millions upon millions of LBA's own catchment population, many living within a few miles of the airport are jumping straight onto the motorway or trans pennine express and using a different airport. I know you love LBA, LBIA just like me, but you simply cannot put off your immediate catchment population from using you and still be a successful airport that makes best use of its potential.

Can you imagine how many based LS aircraft there would be at an airport that was located to not just keep its own catchment but encourage neighbouring catchments to easily get to the airport - I would suggest double what would be based at LBA next year.

Will the Düsseldorf service be withdrawn completely or just limited to its peak which I would expect to be sort of September to January? There'll be far more money to be made flying a 738 to PMI than DUS in July

Hi, with all this new routes being announced anyone has an overview which/how many aircrafts will be based at each base next summer?

Anyone know how many new 738's still to arrive from the now 34 I believe and where they might be going. I gather a few 733 replacements with two extra for both BHX, STN and maybe another couple for LBA?

They announced that one will be going to EDI for S18.

Seljuk22 - Belfast will be 3x B733 and 1x B738 for S18.

skyloone - Belfast gets one for Winter 17/18 and Summer 2018.

Seljuk 22. I assume that EDI will go from 2 738 + 4 733 to 3+4, and they announced enough additional destinations/higher frequencies/longer season to justify this; but they also said that the total number of seats would rise by only 9%, which doesn't match. Maybe another poster can explain.

It seems ALC is going from 2 733 to 2 738 at the end of this month, anyone who can confirm that? Would make more sense indeed to have 738 equipment as back-up, rather than 733's.

Yep...... ALC going to 2 738's by the end of June now.
A particular "capacity issue" put the deployment back a month.

Hi gsky, did you have a good flight.

This article gives some idea of the fleet allocation for 2018 summer:

http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articl...2018-programme

I see the A330 leased from AirTanker has been painted into the Jet2 red titles livery. Will the aircraft be crewed by Jet2 or AirTanker?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnca...371452/sizes/l

Thanks

Jack

Apparantly cabin crew will be Jet2 and flight deck will be Air Tanker..Thats the plan anyway

A330 due into Manchester later today on Delivery (Via BHX)

I'm flying on the A330 to Tenerife in June. I'm guessing the cabin is just standard AirTanker and Jet2 are not adding their red and grey seat colours, like how Thomas Cook refitted the cabin for G-VYGK.

Thanks

Jack

I believe the A330 will have Jet2 seats.

going to GRAN CANARIA from stansted 2nd 2weeks in sept any idea what we will be flying on

I would guess an aeroplane - never call it a plane Bader!

Mikkie

All routes out of Stansted are operated by the 737-800

Isn't there a Titan B757 thrown in the mix?

Only in July and August.

JET2 Red/Grey seats are on board. 2-4-2 config

Wow that's great, thanks for the info guys.

Jack

Jet2 will run Christmas shopper flights to Vienna this December from LBA/MAN/BHX/NCL/BFS.

Also Prague from BFS - one off

NCL also gets one off flights to CPH, SXF and MUC

Jet2 will operate the following Xmas shopping trips this year.

Belfast Int’l – Vienna = Fri 08/12
Belfast Int’l – Prague = Fri 01/12
Belfast Int’l – New York = Thu 14/12

Birmingham – Vienna = Fri 01/12
Birmingham – New York = Wed 22/11 & Thu 30/11

East Midlands – New York = Thu 16/11 & 07/12

Glasgow – New York = Sat 14/10, Thu 23/11 & Thu 30/11

Leeds – Vienna = Fri 24/11
Leeds – Copenhagen = Fri 01/12
Leeds/Bradford – New York = Sun 22/10, Fri 10/11, Thu 16/11, Mon 20/11, Fri 01/12, Thu 07/12 & Fri 29/12

Manchester – Vienna = Fri 01/12, Fri 08/12 & Fri 15/12
Manchester – New York = Sat 21/10, Fri 10/11, Fri 17/11, Wed 22/11, Mon 27/11, Mon 04/12, Fri 08/12, Fri 22/12 & Sat 30/12

Newcastle – Vienna = Fri 24/11
Newcastle – Berlin Schoenefeld 01/12
Newcastle – Munich = Fri 08/12
Newcastle – Copenhagen = Fri 08/12
Newcastle – New York = Sat 21/10, Fri 17/11, Thu 23/11, Fri 01/12, Fri 08/12 & Thu 14/12

Any chance they will use the Air Tanker A330 for the New York trips ??

No, as the A330 will be returned to Air Tanker after the summer season.

Provided, of course, the AirTanker contract isn't extended into the winter. Not terribly likely, granted, but you never know.

Air Tanker want/need GL and GM back for the winter for potential ACMI work lined up.

Wow! It must be a cold day in hell for Newcastle being second only to Manchester by number of charters, and with a wider range of destinations!

Good news! I like! Now I just need to choose one

Pretty sure the 330 was around BHX testing a couple of days ago

New route from Birmingham to Bergerac. I do hope all this rapid expansion is not going to end in tears. There are only a finite number of people who wish to fly for holidays, VFR, etc. Something or somebody has got to give it is not a bottomless pit.

Where is BHX-EGC showing? Looked at booking engine, GDS and timetable but no such route showing, just MAN/LBA?

Bergerec
 

Jet 2 have announced MAN-Bergerec

BHX too ???

01st July until 30th September...

The A330 started flying this morning from Manchester, currently doing LS891 to Lanzarote and return. A few days earlier than planned?

That will make a right mess of pre-booked seats
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SS

G-LSAI currently returning from air test