From time to time there has been the odd occasion when aircraft or crew issues have resulted in Jet2 being CAT1 only into LBA. What what unusual about today was that there were 2 at the same time buzzing around in the hold for an hour - hence why I'm womdering whether it was coincidence that a/c or crew issues were limiting both aircraft or whether it indicated a change in operating minima for 32.

If you strip out tech diversions or temporary airfield closures, Jet2 have probably had a handful of weather diverions away from LBA in 3 years - 2 in the space 15mins caught my eye therefore. I hope they are still OK for CAT3 onto 32; passengers from the 10:00am AMS this morning finally made it back to LBA after 4pm. No one can really afford for it to become anything other than a rarity.

It was LVPs again last night at LBA, Jet2 were performing CatIII approaches but were insisting on 300m RVR due to tailwind. This seems to be a change in SOPs - heard loads of CatIIIa approaches previously with a tailwind and 200m RVR was the minima. Suspect we may see a whole load of Jet2 divs this winter. :ugh:
Roll-on CatII for 14! :ok:

anything new for the foreseeable future for blackpool?

Jet 2 at Bfs
 

With all the recent expansion at Bfs, it seems that they will have at least 4 early, up to 8.30am departures on a friday morning. How many aircraft are they going to base at Bfs? Also, the report on the UTV news site suggested that a 757 was going to operate some routes. Is it going to be based? Also the Bfs - Lba is to see a frequency increase, to what?

True Blue

True Blue,
Looking at the schedule, the turnaround times downroute for AGP/PMI/MJV from BFS are 1 hour, which is generally a good indicator of 757 use by Jet2. That would make sense and would give 2 returns per day. 6 days per week on a BFS based 757
MON - PMI - MJV
TUE - AGP - MJV
etc

The existing 2 based 737s will then be able to pick up the rest of the schedule as well as possibly accommodating running some of the LBA and BLK flights. The Friday morning 8:30 departure to Milan, which cannot be fitted into the 3 aircraft schedule will, I assume, be operated by operating BLK-BFS on Friday mornings or a positioner from another base.

Hope that helps.

The schedule thus far does seem to suggest 7 x 757s in total for for next summer, 3 LBA, 2 MAN, 1 BFS and 1 MJV/NCL. Given they only have 5 at the moment, presumably a deal to secure 2 more is in the pipeline.

682

Up to now 757s for summer 07 are 2x man 3x lba 1x blk 1xbfs 1xncl
there are 5 in the fleet now and 3 more to join by may 07 hope this helps
at the moment G-LSAB is based down in TFS operating the services to NCL/BLK/BFS untill they get there 757s next summer.

Thanks for that. The winter 07/08 schedule will be interesting with 8 757s to find gainful employment for. One suspects the Canary Islands services will be ramped up considerably as well as, perhaps, a dabble with Cyprus.

682

I hope LBA - LPA is going to happen sooner rather than later, and has to be ahead of Fuerteventura in terms of route expansion. The LBA-LPA current flight offering is a disgrace, with one AEU flight per week (with horrendous flight times too). Come on Jet2 !!

Having just flown back on the AEU from Las Palmas, it was interesting to see how many flights there were to other UK airports from LPA on the Sat night / Sun morning. The likes of NCL, BRS had a choice of about 4 flights, MAN had 6-7. I cannot understand why LBA only gets one 737 a week on what is such a popular holiday destination. Rant over !

Ref: Jet2@BFS
 

Hi all!

Jet2 will be basing 4 A/C in BFS for Summer 07.

3 X Boeing 737-300's
1 X Boeing 757-200

From what i've heard the BFS-LBA route is being increased to 4 times daily and BFS-BLK increasing to 2 times daily.

Don't know about BFS-TFS - is this operating in the Summer or is Winter only route.

Brgds

Richard

Lba-bfs
 

Surely BFS-LBA at 4 times daily is overkill? 3 times daily surely would be more sustainable and better as an example of incremental growth.

Have to agree with 14 loop that 4x daily is far too many seats. True, the route did post its best ever montly figure in August, but the load factor still only equated to about 70%. Growth has been steady and all credit to Jet2 for sticking with the route, especially given the substantially lower passengers numbers during the winter.

Though it remains to be seen what the passenger numbers will be for the coming winter, it would not surprise me in the slightest if 3x daily was only used for the summer period.

PTH

PS Still no sign of the LBA-TLS timetable after more than a week of having the option on the Timetable list.

Would definitely agree that LBA-BFS @ 4 x daily seems too much, twice daily seems about right, particularly with FlyBe flying to BHD 3 times a day.

Deal for another three 757s (numbers 6,7,8) was apparently concluded on Friday. Ex LTU aircraft presently in service with other carriers, built in 1987/88.

Correct order
 

What about the other aircraft they are due to get??.

I understand it is two more Boeing 757s and three more Boeing 737s thats a lot more sectors per day to do, so what other routes do the have up there sleeves??

I have read somewhere the CEO of the company did go to school with some one who is already doing very well with aviation after changing from the record business.:ok: :ok:

new routes for blackpool?
 

Anyone know ofanynew possible routes heading blackpools' way?

What's the chances of Jet2 getting some aircraft that are not so old? Most of their fleet are, or are approaching, 20 years old. Surely some of these have a limited life left, or are they all low in hours?

Poland
 

I notice Jet2 flights MAN to WAW are advertised on the Warsaw website.
The start date being March next year.
The flights LBA - KRK start in 2 weeks time but still no mention on the Balice website.These guys really know how to market the airport.

Further to previous discussion, grotty wx at LBA over the last few days would appear to suggest the 737s are still CAT3 but the 757s are CAT1. One to keep an eye on over the winter.
682

Does anyone know for deffo how many a/c ncl will have next year? i know there will be one 757, but will there be 3 or 4 737s, its quite a busy summer a head in ncl by the looks of it.
Anyone know whats going on with the 757 nightstopper in MJV, how will it work or crew? split duty or night stop with 24hrs off?

Jet2 and Brussels
 

For some reason and I don't know why, Bru doesn't have any services from the UK with a Lcc, I may be wrong. I'm referring to the main Bru airport. Why is this and would this be an opportunity for Jet2 from the regional airports that they serve?

True Blue