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There seems to be enough discussion about Jota to warrant its own thread now! :)

So four "new" QTs joining JOTA with two provisionally based at SEN and two elsewhere seems to be the current consensus.

And just for completeness I repeat this from the SEN thread:

JOTA CEO Andy Green quoted in Airliner World magazine April 2017: "The company is negotiating to acquire a pair of dedicated 146QT freighters which will offer a significant increase in capacity and capability without breaking the bank. ......diversifying into the jet cargo sector waters down our market risk. If the ACMI sector dries up we won't have all our eggs in one basket. We have canvassed a lot of potential customers and there is plenty of interest. We see a need to support not only other carriers but also postal and courier contracts. The QT plugs the gap between ATR/ATP and 737 freighters. Jota's expansion is driven entirely by market demand. We have no real thoughts about whether we're going to get two aircraft or ten. There is plenty of availability in the second-hand market so we don't have to panic when it comes to acquisitions."

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Well done for starting a thread dedicated to JOTA, as I suggested in the Southend thread :-)

Jota formal announcement of QT acquisition:

JOTA AVIATION TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST OF FOUR BAE 146-300 QTs READY TO ENTER ?GO NOW? CARGO CHARTERS ? Jota Aviation

"The first aircraft (registered G-JOTE) will enter service on 1st June 2018 followed by a rollout of the additional three aircraft in late 2018."

Excellent, just as my source stated. Let's hope that at least two of them will indeed be based at SEN.

See Jota's third BAe 146-300QT Freighter arrived at SEN yesterday!

Just been looking at the operations of three three BAe 146s over the last seven days. G-JOTS has been operating for Hop all week in France; G-SMLA has done a few football charters from Stansted and Luton to Manchester Liverpool etc. while G-JOTR has been doing football charters over last weekend including taking Man U back to Manchester from Luton after the team played at Brighton! All this week it has been operating for BA Cityflyer into London City. No revenue flying from Southend just positioning flights. The. nature of the business I guess.

Yes it is the nature of their business. They have to be based somewhere. But presumably income is derived from landing and parking fees, refuelling, rent on engineering bay(s) in hangar and office space. However, I do hope their fleet doesn't occupy the parking bays for long periods because that would restrict the number of diversions accepted.

Don't worry, the charterer has to pay for those sectors too. It's not like a scheduled airline where positioning flights are a cost.

Hi Tophat
Jota have their own designated parking inside their hangar and on the apron immediately outside the hangar. So no risk of affecting any diverts!

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That's nice to hear. Thanks for the info.

Could not agree more Cornishman, but concerning oneself about space for possible diversions, now that is a worry!

Since January SEN refused many diversions, mainly from LCY, because of lack of free parking bays, so not knowing what was blocking them is why I raised the question.

Jota's fourth BAe 146-300QT Freighter arrived at SEN yesterday from LGG.

They could park them up at Durham Tees Valley there's even a hangar available if they need a bit of tinkering!

Unfortunately it doesn't seem the first QC G-JOTE has not done much or any revenue flying since entering service in June.

They have been hiring steadily but starting-dates don't seem to be aligning with available work.

Expecting an October start for the freighters. More crews starting early September. The passenger market has been keeping them extremely busy. Lots of ACMI and charters (lots of football team charters). Been a very good year for Jota.

Good to hear that MS.