G-VYGM has gone over to TUI till around mid may while they service their 787 fleet.

There is only one air tanker 330 GVYGL
GM - GK will be operating for TCX ex MAN

GVYGL didn't start in 2017 till mid May. Is it still a potential option, or would TUI have it for the whole season as well?

Read elsewhere there may be a GN being reregistered by Air Tanker, airliners.net IIRC.

Interesting post regarding Jet2's fleet. Thanks for sharing.

For summer 2018 do you how many aircraft Jet2 will base at each of its bases?

6 x 738 at GLA
3 x 733, 4 x 738 at NCL
3 X 733, 3X 738 at EDI

MAN
13x B738
7xB757
1 x A330

BFS
2x B733
2x B738

LBA
5+ B752 (1x leased Titan & 1+ spare)
5+ B738
6+ B733 (1+ spare)

BHX

7x 738
1x 321 (smartlinx)

ALC

2 x B738 (1 flying 1 airport standby)


PMI
1 x B738 (air Europa lease)

The schedules seem to show 2x B738s based at both PMI and ALC this summer. The aircraft at both PMI and ALC operate two returns to the UK each day (except for Tuesday afternoons in ALC, and Tues/Weds afternoons in PMI).

This is on top of the UK based aircraft operating to both PMI and ALC.

Looking at the timings on a Monday in August for example:

PMI Aircraft 1:
PMI 07:30 - STN 09:05 (45min turnaround) STN 09:50 - PMI 13:25
(1hr 10min turnaround)
PMI 14:25 - MAN 16:15 (1hr turnaround) MAN 17:00 - PMI 20:45

PMI Aircraft 2:
PMI 08:00 - BHX 09:35 (45min turnaround) BHX 10:20 - PMI 13:50
(1hr turnaround)
PMI 14:50 - LBA 16:40 (45min turnaround) LBA 17:25 - PMI 21:10

ALC Aircraft 1:
ALC 07:40 - MAN 09:35 (45 min turnaround) MAN 10:20 - ALC 14:15
(1 hour turnaround)
ALC 15:15 - MAN 17:10 (45 min turnaround) MAN 17:55 - ALC 21:50

ALC Aircraft 2:
ALC 08:00 - NCL 10:05 (50 min turnaround) NCL 10:55 - ALC 15:00
(55 min turnaround)
ALC 15:55 - MAN 17:50 (45 min turnaround) MAN 18:35 - ALC 22:30

G-POWN A321 ops flight LS1664 TFS-STN today.

Any rumour of Jet2 acquiring the 3 x B75W currently operated by OpenSkies out of paris, which will cease boeing operations this summer? Apparently the winglets make them less attractive/unsuitable for cargo ops. 2 of 3 the are PW powered. The B767 I was told long ago is unsuitable due floor loading issues for high density config.

Does the source of the rumour know when LS would take delivery of the aircraft and are the aircraft being acquired on lease or they being bought?.

Openskies 2 PW powered aircraft are leased. The RR 757 is I believe still owned by BA.

Sorry it was a question not a rumour.

Would be nice to see more than the current dozen of 757's, but i think their focus is very much on the 738 at present.

Eventually they'll need to look at bigger options than their 189 seat 738's, so more 757's would be ideal, but by the time that comes around, the 757's may be past their sell-by date (30+ years)

I suppose it would be about cherry picking the best ones out there like FI are trying to do. With the openskies ones they'd have been run ragged at BA before but with the openskies operation you can imagine them firstly not being used as much and secondly being in better general condition than the majority of 757's out there, which I suppose begs the question, where would you look for the best examples if you wanted more 757's?

Surely some of the TUI ones could be worth a shout once they start to be WFU later this year ?

TUI frames aren't a bad shout, similar use and about the same age as LS's current stock.

I'd be surprised if TUI wanted to sell them to Jet2 though, after all, they are bitter rivals. Their holiday arms are #1 and #2 in the UK market

Would have thought the Open Skies fleet would be just transferred to Level who are taking over the services (From full service to low cost)

I believe the TUI 757's are the next aircraft to leave the fleet anyway, so giving them to Jet2 might work out.

You make that sound as if they are 2 football clubs.

TUI are getting rid of them for good reason as their MAX-8 start to come online. Not sure they will be fussed where the 752s end up.

On the face of it, If Jet2 offer a decent price for them, TUI would be mad not to let them have them.

But i like the football analogy Blakedean. If you were a manager, would you want to sell your players to a rival team? No, because they can provide an advantage over yourself.
In the airline case, giving your competitor extra seats to sell means, assuming 'Ceteris Paribus' they improve their Revenue/Profit at TUI (indirect) expense

Are Jet2 even in the market to add further Boeing 757-200 aircraft to its fleet?

New 737-800 G-JZBH now earning its keep. After delivery to LBA on 01/02 its now on BHX-TFS-BHX LS1293/4.
Does that mean BHX gets a nice shiny brand new one on its allocation?
I read earlier that BHX will have 8 737s for Summer. Currently stands at 5 as far as i can make out PLUS this one.
Where do all unused aircraft go in the Winter?

STN
 

And again on 9-2-18, with 7-738's, so 8 airframes & its only just February.

G-POWN ops STN-GNB this AM..

A/C still all white but has now acquired red Jet2.com titles on fuselage & tail.(again)..

Lease-in does indeed appear to have commenced early..

G-JZBH entered revenue earning service at LBA on Monday.

Dont know what Phillp's boys and girls are doing but its working. The share price has risen sharply today.
Keep it up!

Trading Update - RNS - London Stock Exchange

Strong trading update...

Still some way off last year's October high but going in the right direction.

Dartgroup
 

719 last year was the highest, trading well in excess of that today!

Ooops, sorry, I was looking at the wrong chart! Doh!

Fingers crossed for £8.00, Delapsus resurgam!

Jet 2 Profits
 

With all this extra money they could buy the Thomas Cook hangar at MAN, which is rumoured to become vacant in the not to distant future.

Read elsewhere not so long ago that Multiflight are/maybe planning on investing millions of pounds in developing a new purpose built facility on the south side at Leeds/Bradford for Jet2 as well.

But why?
 

They've already got the ex-Monarch hangar which can accommodate 3 aircraft. Why need a second one?