Bargain! Lol. Didnt they just shell out loadsamoney for the disused Alicante terminal block though.

2 x LS880?
 

Curious is all - as at 13.10 UK time there are 2 LS880's airborne.
One is G-LSAG 757 the ALC - MAN as normal. The other is G-LSAB 757 ex-FNC, having arrived there earlier, also as LS880 from MAN as well.
Is that normal or has FR24 got duff info from somewhere? Is the ex-FNC a rescue flight for an aircraft gone tech? Just curious.

As Capt Mainwareing would say - "Stupid boys" lol

Various articles floating around today about the major recruitment drive from Jet2. 3000 jobs to be created across the network. From what I've seen so far:
Manchester - 500 jobs
East Midlands - 200 jobs
Glasgow & Edinburgh - 300 jobs
Leeds - 350 jobs
Belfast - 50 jobs
Newcastle - 200 jobs
Birmingham - 200 jobs
Stansted - 250 jobs
Total - 2050
All of the above quoted in articles as "nearly xx jobs" or "over xx jobs"
One article quotes "over 2000 jobs for the UK" and "More than 1000 positions for Europe"

That's quite some recruitment drive, and expansion!

Are all these additional posts, or are some replacements due to normal turnover?

I'd heard around 240 as well. With all the extra 738's they've been getting (the MG's and mid-life's) they're averaging around 8 per year. As well as natural loss (retirement etc...) there will be growth needed as well.
Had a cabin crew friend confirm what we all suspect; the majority are summer fixed term roles, though not all are cabin crew. There's ground staff and handling crew as well, so a broad spectrum.

Would this not be G-JZBP/R/S? I thought Q was unused in the UK?

Are the sources for the mid-life 738s already known and shareable?
Are all the G-CELx frames being retired WFU or are any being sold on?
Doesnt that mean Jersey is then off the list once the 300s are gone - and possibly other short / restricted fields?

I was told that if they can find the airframes, the total will be 110 by next summer.

In promotional releases this week Jet2 state they will be operating 96 a/c by Summer 19.

Potential capacity gaps to fill will be STN with on any recent day from Titan B763/B752/B734 & 2 x A321 all ops for Jet2.

There will still be some younger 733's left in the fleet which have been fitted with winglets

Hence the big recruitment campaign?

You could cross reference the plane type with other carriers and you'd probably find a few operators they've been bought from. For examples:
G-GDFF = 737-8[5P] = Air Europa
G-GDFW = 737-8[K5] = Hapag Lloyd (TUI)
G-DRTC = 737-8[08] = Air China
Likely to be several others as well

As for the 733's, everyone thinks they're all really old, but there are still a few that are only 20-22 years old, but all these are in the G-GDF# series, so yes the G-CEL# series will be discontinued, maybe this year, maybe next year (only E/H/O/V/X/Y remain)
this means JER (and probably AMS) both from LBA will continue to be served by the 733

NAX/DY are to sell off B737NG`s as the MAX`s arrive.

So would these additional units be acquired to cover already announced growth or would they be used to add additional growth/capacity on existing routes?

A bit of both. Naturally when the B733's get replaced with the B738's, there's an increase of almost 1300 seats per week, assuming 2 rotations every day
Then any extra will go into base growth. They look to be piling more into MAN/BHX/STN all the time, and maybe some more overseas in PMI/ALC
Jet2 have been growing very well and i'd be surprised to see that stop anytime soon

Correct me if I'm wrong, is not the final outstanding new 738 delivery Jan 19, what happens to expansion after that, or is it consolidation due to brexit?

I don't think its due to Brexit. I think its more to do with Boeing not offering the 738 anymore. If you want a new 737 it must be a MAX variant. Jet2 apparently got a bargain as Boeing wanted to keep the 737NG line going at full tilt until the 737MAX took over. I imagine that if Jet2 want to expand they will take 737s from the used market, as they have done even wile the new-builds arrive from Boeing, I think all the G-DRTx series have been pre-loved.

They'll come in handy once they've brushed the sand out of them ;-)

Ex Monarch flight crew now with Jet2?
 

During an online natter last night the question was asked "wonder what happened to all the Monarch pilots?"
True the fleet was A320/321 but many will have re-trained to the 737-800 using the leased singleton based at BHX. Some, like Katie Withers (ex Easyjet before Monarch and then newly promoted Captain on Monarch A321s) will have been snapped up pronto is now FO with Virgin.
BUT, did Jet2 avail themselves of a pool of suddenly out of work Captains and FOs given their grand plans for expansion and all the new (and pre-loved) airframes coming on?
Anyone know?

Yes the last Brand new 737-8MG is due in January, which then concludes the order of 30.

Agree with you here Brian. The NG's complement the 738's that Jet2 already had, so didn't make sense to mix NG's and MAX's at this stage, thats probably anywhere between 5-15 years time i would imagine. It's certainly plausible the order would have helped Boeing keep pace while the Max got up to scratch, especially when you consider Jet2 were getting upto 4 delivered per month at one point. Any discount they got would have likely reflected that.

Jet2 have bought from lessors before, who will likely take the extra cash now to finance any MAX orders, so these could very well be in contention

Ahhh i can breathe again...

Norwegian have very recently sold 5 x Boeing737-800s, I did wonder if they might be bound for Jet2?

Attended the AGM this week and the key points are
We are slightly above the 25% capacity increase for the year so load factor up.
A slight move back to holidays v flights maybe 51/49
The company will do 3 m holidays this year. 12m are booked each year so plenty up for grabs.
No new bases discussed but we will be flying over 100 frames next summer.

We are looking at another big order to be placed in approx. 2 years .
We are looking at the MAX or even an airbus deal when we retire the 757 fleet but that's a few years away.
Anyone out there know how many more years we can keep them going.
More discussion about PM retiring and that was a firm NO
He and Steve like being on the 4 am airport tours.

The company has a very high return rate with its customers and rolling out things like resort check in keeps the punter happy.
Taking 85 planes with 165 seats doing 2 trips a day = 28,000 x7 =196 k a week
With holidays averaging 60k over the year ( it must be 90k a week in the summer) then I can see how close to capacity we are.

I remain of the opinion the shares are undervalued and much better than TCG who are loosing customers.

LS171 MAN-IBZ diverted to TLS
 

This afternoons flight with G-DRTD diverted to Toulouse, somewhat sharpish if looking at FR24.
Anyone know why? I know it probably unfair to say it but TLS seems to be favourite dropping point for in flight drunks en route to Ibiza but of course it could be that their ex - Transaero aircraft has gone tech en route.

Possibly, but the aircraft was a long time on the ground and left TLS at 22.17 local under EXS11P bound, I guess for MAN. Never made it to IBZ. G- DRTD at cruising altitude so doesnt ''seem' to be lame..
Also G-LSAH is ex-MAN as EXS010P. Any bets on it landing at TLS in about less than an hour from now?
Can someone explain the codes and the (seemingly to me) odd behaviour of G-DRTD?
Just nosey.

LSAH landed TLS at 23.20 local.
DRTD still en route back to UK - MAN or even LBA I wonder?