it will be YF that will be flying. It has already been doing training flights pre lockdown and is the only A321 that jet2 currently have in the fleet. G-TCDD which was to become HLYA did arrive in MAN back on the 13th of March however was never accepted by Jet2 from the lessor - it has since been positioned to SNN on the 2nd May.

Thanks for clarifying, I did think it would be YF.

Any news on how bookings are going for the next few weeks? Lots of media quotes on records etc, bug I'm finding it hard to get decent stats.

im sure they aren’t record bookings - however in terms of the number of bookings over the last 12 weeks, then yes they probably are record bookings but nothing like the numbers booked at the end of January when Jet2 has their busiest Saturday booking day ever.

G-GDFT on the move.
 

G-GDFT 737-300 currently ex Leeds in tour round Lakes.
Test prior to return to ACG Lessor?

90 day check flight

G-GDFT is owned by Jet2, not leased

Thanks. Airfleets show it 'leased acg'.

Planespotters.net is usually a little more reliable for things like that. CAA's G-INFO site will also show if the aircraft is 'owned' or 'chartered' (leased), for which it does confirm owned by Dart Group (Jet2).

RESTART - WHATS FIRST ONE OUT?
 

Boring Monday hence the question.
With resumption of Jet2 Holidays and flights just a few days away now, all the bits of Post-Its must now be stuck firmly on the table ;) for those first flights out. July 15th ??
Whats the first one out? Probably a 6am ex STN or summat like that?
anyone know?

There are 4 x departures scheduled for 0600 on the 15th.

EMA- ZTH
MAN - ADB
STN - EFL
BHX - HER

Does anyone have the schedule for 15th july at Stansted?

15th July STN
 

0500 EFL
0510 BJV
0555 PMI
0615 ALC
0630 JSI
0715 FAO

1255 FUE
1315 ZTH
1415 PFO
1450 AYT
1500 LCA
1555 DLM

All times are departure times in UTC.

Are you sure about the Stansted to Paphos flights. Cyprus is not accepting British Nationals until August 1st if they have been in UK for last 14 days.
After August 1st you have to have a test in UK 72 hours before departure or on arrival in Cyprus and quaratine for two days until test result is known.

New Jet2 FB clip.

For what it is worth, as there will obviously be a large number of cancellations wile the active fleet restarts, we were booked to fly Manchester - Zadar, Croatia, on the 2nd August. We were notified last week that Jet2 had cancelled the holiday. Croatia is accepting UK holidaymakers, the travel agents view was that that route wasn't high enough on the priority list or didn't fit in with the aircraft and crew availability at that time.

MLA canned
 

The time frame is longer than that. Jet2Holidays have cancelled ours to Malta dep. 24th.Sept. ex BFS. Malta is accepting visitors from the UK, and is not on the UK's inbound quarantine list. We would jhave still liked to go,, the self catering apartment hasn't run away - and there are possible routings BFS-LGW-MLA with Easy and BHD-LHR-MLA withBA/Air Malta. Jet2Hols rejected my assertion that as Jet2, the scheduled airline, have cancelled the flights they are obliged to offer an alternative routing if available. I had already established that there now appear to be no Jet2 flights to MLA from any of their UK bases until late October - and then only from MAN and STN. Not showing ex BFS at all for Summer 2021 so postponement not an option for us. I quite understand the several reasons why Jet2 might have cancelled the flights but the fact remains that Jet2Holidays have let us down without cause. Jet2 the airline is my favourite of the so-called Low Cost Airlines by a long way but Jet2Holidays have, as a consequence, had their chips. Caveat Emptor

I don't think Bfs - Mla was ever on sale for S21. I think I am right in saying that is was being dropped at the end of this season. Correct me if I am wrong.

I think it has something to do with the fact that it's a package holiday you have booked. A quick look on the Jet2holidays shows that there are no holidays for sale to Malta at all until October at the earliest. Chances are they will have no staff in resort. As part of the contract for a package with Jet2holidays you have the services of Jet2 staff in resort therefore if there are no staff then they cannot provide the package they have contracted to you. It's nothing to do with changing flights unfortunately. In fact according to the t&c you are entitled to £10 per person compensation on top of the full refund....

If anyone is in the know... currently Portugal mainland is not included in the "air Corridors" or on the revised FCO travel list.. we have flights booked with Jet2 on 25th July... for a month in a villa, so its flights only. Flights are currently available on the website but will they go ahead even if no air corridor or change in FCO advice? Cheers

Seems like RYR, EZY and BA are operating plenty of flights to FAO (for example) despite there being no "corridor" in place.

Presumably that has implications for travel insurance and EHIC health cover?

The government had a little note on the list at release saying further countries may be added in the next few days and Portugal have been in talks with the Foreign Secretary so wouldn't be a huge shock if it ends up being allowed (and one assumes the airlines are aware of this possible outcome?) Maybe even if its just Faro that is exempt along with Funchal and Azores which made the list I believe.

No problem with travel insurance if going to Portugal as its on the FCO list, however quarantine is in place for returning to the UK.

psr777

Where in Portugal is the villa?

New COVID proceedures not getting a lot of love on social media

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ollow-18559008

An airline taking it's customers health seriously should be warmly applauded. Just shows the mentality of some idiots! :mad:

The main complaints seem to be about the lack of hand sanitiser and the hypocrisy of selling food and drink on board while also insisting on masks?

What's the point of selling food on board if you have to wear a mask? If pax are allowed to eat food, they take off the mask. If everybody keeps taking their mask's off, it renders it pointless.

Exactly. Presumably Jet2 cabin crew are like the others and make money off on-board sales?

Of course they do get commission based on on-board sales like any comparable airline in Europe, however in this case I suspect the (lack of) ‘measure’ is more because of the ancillary revenue for the airline than for the payslip of the cabin crew. I’m sure they’d much rather not sell anything right now. Mind you, the first plan was to shelve any BOB service, but Jet2 has rescinded that recently.

How is that different form passengers eating their own food though? You still have to take off the mask. Bearing in mind the airport experience requires a mask too (with a recommended 4 hour check-in) added to a an early 6-hour leg (block to block) to Cyprus for example, should pax go without food or drink for 10 hours ( more like 18 if they were asleep the night before an early check-in. How far do we want to take this?

It's too easy to forget the big picture here. Wear a mask anytime you're not needing to get access to your mouth or nose. Otherwise it's acceptable to do the basic human necessities to live.

Well said Mr Good Cat!

We need a little perspective here. The ONS currently estimates that the prevalence of the disease in the week up to the 5th July is one in 3900 people in the community infected. This is down 25% from the week before. The risk of any one of the 189 pax on a B737 having the disease is low. The risk of catching it as you take your mask off for a few seconds to eat and drink is incredibly low. If you still don’t feel like taking the risk then simply don’t fly. You can never eliminate risk; there’s risk in driving to the airport. It’s all about minimising it.

The mask generally protects others from you too rather than vice versa. Most airlines allow food on board, if you watch for example inflight video on youtube he went with KLM who gave food etc.

Risks are minimal, in normal times you could catch the flu or various other ailments and you don't wear masks so always a risk factor in life I guess.

To add to your point many of those 1 in 3900 would likely not be travelling because they have symptoms or are isolating due to contact tracing so the real chances are even lower.

You have to be pretty selfish, nae reckless, to even consider flying with a new cough or fever at the moment, but many of the affected are asymptomatic so could be spreading the virus innocently.

I'm presently in Germany where the laws are very clear on mouth and nose coverings, and frankly, wearing glasses I find doing so for more than about 30minutes annoying, there's no way I could tolerate 3 or 4 hours, I doubt there are many that would. I feel sure many people must be flouting the rules once airborne, and wonder how cabin staff are actually policing that situation,.

Not Jet2, however operated LHR-RMF-LHR a few days back, many passengers decided that once onboard they would remove masks, and move seats(middle seat intentionally blocked) to be closer to friends/family. Crew were under strict instructions to make sure this didn’t happen, and most passengers chose to ignore them, a PA from the skipper fixed the problem temporarily but about an hour later most decided to do it again.
I would imagine it’ll be even harder for the likes of Jet2, Ryanair, Easy etc with passengers not always being the most compliant.

I too wear glasses and fully concur, which is why I won`t be flying anytime soon. Like a lot of ideas the wearing of masks is a good idea in theory but doesnt work in practice, other than for short periods. I think it would be unfair to ask the cabin crew to enforce it, which on some flights could involve tense and unpleasant situations with less reasonable passengers.

As for a solution, like most people, I wouldnt know where to start. Sign of the times I suppose.

Best solution for me is my car on Eurotunnel shuttle. Cocooned in my own bubble, so no requirement for mask - not very practical for getting to Palma though!

We are going to France next month via Brittany Ferries. Masks required if out of the car but not in your cabins or on deck so a good compromise.

With Jet2 restarting flights soon, do we know the 757s left where will they be used mostly to out of MAN? Assuming we don't have a paneuropean lockdown sooner than expected (knock on wood)..I suppose since no A330s this year, Jet 2 will fly the 757 on MAN-Canaries and PMI routes?