Jet 2 @ Nema

[Banzai Eagle]

Jet 2 737-300 in Cargo config @ NEMA, any offers is this Post Office or UPS flying?, where from/to etc

[737James]

Im not sure 100% but i think its a post office flight operating from Belfast as i followed it back a couple of weeks back. It caught my attention when reading back ATC as could see it was a Jet2 back to ema but have since seen it parked up on cargo apron.
I believe there is also Islandflug post office from Edi as seen that up there and another i think i heard comes in from Exeter.

[almost professional]

Post office flying-B737 from Exeter, Belfast and Edinburgh-sometimes Channex sometimes Islandflug

[Vick Van Guard]

It was operating in pax config yesterday (7th) as it eventually operated the first CDG rotation for Baby.

Baby fell down badly yesterday at NEMA, DUB cancelled, CDG two and half hours late, ALC over three hours late, AGP delayed badly and not enough ground staff :sad: :sad:

[almost professional]

positioned in from stansted for the paris

[LBAir]

I think we'll see more of this JET2 'advertising' before the strike!! ;)

[trainer too 2]

What strike??? :confused:

[LBAir]

I'm sorry I cannot say, LBA and JET2 are in my heart. You'll just have to wait and see, but I do believe you'll be seeing JET2 much more in the future. Who knows, JET2 may also become the new name for Channel Express? Either way I am sure it is going to be big and a success.

[galley-wench22]

You could at least give us a clue. Can't tell us all something like that and get away with it??

Wheres your information from?

[Flightrider]

Still, it should be good fun watching Jet2 and bmibaby slugging it out at Leeds from this winter....

[galley-wench22]

BMIbaby at LBA?? Since when?

[Flightrider]

Bmi strategy - watch out for this one coming. You have a route which is performing well - Leeds-Edi with four daily Embraer services.

First, you cut the frequency to three per day and stick a Fokker 100 on it. Might not be the worst thing in the world.

You then get rid of your Fokker 100 and another round of corporate brain-racking commences.

Some bright spark decides that passenger numbers on the route are so strong that it will justify a bmibaby 737 twice daily (i.e. further frequency cut). Just to make sure it's a total cockup, you stick a Malaga rotation from Leeds in between the two Edinburgh flights so that the evening service is now far too late for the business traveller and given their punctuality record at the moment, you probably won't even manage to run it on time.

This seems to be the way that things are heading from October for LBA-EDI. Not content with wrecking a decent operation at East Midlands with good reliability and high frequencies to attract the business traveller, they now look to be starting on Leeds. Baby might be doing OK on routes to Spain etc, but the formula of low frequencies and big aircraft on the domestic routes has been one of the greatest cock-ups since the crucifixion.

[Wizzy the Wizz]

Flightrider - I have it on lets say, very good authority that bmibaby are making serious plans for an entry into LBA. It's their next base in the draft next phase plans.

They've seen Jet2 doing well and are game for a competition - I think they are worried about Jet2 expanding into bmi space, and also looking at stuff nearer to EMA.

Apparently 1 737 as you say to start with, then other routes starting later in the year. (October for AGP by the way).

[HOODED]

They're too late Jet2 have just jumped on to the CDG in competition with BMI. Another 737 based at LBA! Where on earth are they going to park it?

[Lucky Strike]

On BMI's lawn by the sound of it..

[Tommyinyork]

Wasnt there talk of Easyjet at LBA doing a Belfast flight.
Give it a few years and JET2 will be bigger than Ryanair and Easyjet.