I would be surprised if the 7 ex TCX A321 were brought from TCX, as l don't think they owned that many, more like from the lease companies.
Have we got confirmation that they are buying and not leasing?
We have not seen anything official from Jet2 as yet.

Exactly. 99% of the 'facts' posted on here currently are pure guesswork, Jet2 will announce all in good time, Jethros is not an official source btw

Might need to remind everyone, this is a 'Rumour' Forum, not a facts forum.
Everyone's entitled to their educated (or non-educated) guesses

Why would they not use the airbridge every time? They happily use them at GLA and MAN?

I very much doubt jet2 will announce the details of its aircraft financial transactions anywhere. Hence the reason why people are asking on a rumour forum.

They rarely use the airbridge at NCL

At Glasgow, they board the front via the airbridge and rear by steps, why wouldn’t they do that at Stansted? I presume must be down to deals regards fees. Anyway given the weather in Scotland it would be on 90% of the time to avoid the rain.

Ryanair don't use airbridges unless forced to do so as it costs money to use them.

Using airbridges is just as quick at boarding via steps only, especially as not all the passengers are at the gate when boarding starts. Jet2 uses them all the time at GLA unless they are at a stand that does not have them or are at Gate 30.

2 sets of steps used for pax boarding/disembarking for a 737 800 or a 757 for instance is much quicker than an air-bridge/jetty as long as the ground staff get both the front and rear steps on PDQ...

Also today the ramp ground staff also have to faff about for ages (for H&S reasons gone mad) in setting up an elaborate chain link barrier system and cones to stop pax walking under the wing - this also wastes time on a quick turnaround if the ramp guys don't arrive with the kit or it is not left on the stand (more junk on the apron)
Back in the day the ground staff girl/boy boarding/meeting the flight, (or the No.4 CC would get off first) and would stand at the end of the wing to guide the pax accordingly - it's not rocket science lol

Not strictly true. I flew with Ryanair to and from BCN back in 2017 and the airbridge was used for my arrival and for my departure a few days later. It took me by surprise as it was the first time I've ever seen a FR flight use an airbridge and on a FR flight I was on, but it would seem that they do use them in places and my assumption was that it wasn't possible to avoid using one at the terminal they use at BCN.

At risk of continued thread drift I've boarded and disembarked a number of Ryanair flights at Tenerife using airbridges

I flew back from Frankfurt T2 to STN with RYR in July and all boarding was via an airbridge!.......A pretty civilized experience compared to the normal scrum!

No longer true at Malaga.

They have built extensions recently to gates on Pier B and C directly prior to the airbridge which are steps/lifts down to the ground so they can board via the forward and rear steps. Pier D (Schengen only) also has the option built in as standard.

I can only presume it's because of RYR is the largest carrier at AGP.

I haven't seen any other carrier besides RYR use this however; EZY, LS, etc, still use the airbridge on the same gates.

Can confirm this at certain gates yes, though from what I've seen it's only Ryanair who use them along with Air Nostrum for obvious reasons. EasyJet and the rest seem to continue to use the airbridges.

Another Boeing 737-800 joining the fleet shortly... G-DRTR with mode S code 4078AE - not registered yet on G-INFO so cannot see previous owner, anyone know more?

Are there any plans to add an extra aircraft or two to the GLA base following the collapse of Thomas Cook?

Jethros also showing a second 738, reg'd G-DRTM due as well.

Reportedly due at MAN from Kazakhstan on Nov 5th - no idea whether it’s originating there, or that’s just a transit stop en route from somewhere further east.

GLA is due to get 1 additional aircraft next year anyway and there is a possibility of an additional one taking GLA up to 9.

Pickle Forks
 

or maybe +1 at NCL :}

G-DRTM is ex Air Europa aircraft EC-KCG built in 2007 currently stored in Woensdrecht. (Winglets)
G-DRTR is ex Air China aircraft B-5175 built in 2006 currently stored in Chengdu. (No Winglets)

Not sure what this has to do with Jet2 the airline?

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From your quote it seems they were on a "Jet2 the airline " flight; perhaps that?

I think its a bit harsh.............but assume Jet 2 counter claimed v the airport authorities?

Whilst they are on a jet 2 holiday ,we must pay for ground handling at these places. The failure to protect our passengers looks bad on JET2 But the issue was clearly the airports.

Is that anyone's view?

It's clearly an airport issue - it's irrelevant which a/c the pax got off (which was how I read ATNotts original point).