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Elixir
15th Feb 2006, 09:00
Does anyone know if Jet2 will be basing a 757 in Tenerife over the winter months or will it be a 737?
I know they are planning to do the Tenerife-Ncl and Tenerife-BFS but is that all?
Johnny F@rt Pants
15th Feb 2006, 10:58
How about the TFS-BLK and the TFS-LBA flights.
PTH needs tarmac
15th Feb 2006, 11:01
LBA-TFS will be done by an LBA based aircraft according to the current timings. The other three routes are all by the TFS based aircraft, which now has 6 days out of 7 scheduled.
GoEDI
15th Feb 2006, 13:13
LBA-TFS will be done by an LBA based aircraft according to the current timings. The other three routes are all by the TFS based aircraft, which now has 6 days out of 7 scheduled.
Are they planning on having one day of downtime, or maybe a 1x weekly TFS-EDI? I think it's the Wednesday that is still free of any flying.
aeulad
15th Feb 2006, 13:19
I don't think LS will be basing one of their own machines in TFS, I would suspect that it will probably be sub-chartered to the likes of Futura or similar.
Regards
Mike
richardnei
15th Feb 2006, 14:54
It's going to be a Jet2 B757 doing all TFS routes.
1 x B757 to be based in TFS to do BLK/BFS/NCL routes.
Richard
HiflierEK
16th Feb 2006, 11:27
i dont think it will be jet2 operating these routes either, where they gonna get a crew from ? it must be a spanish operator on jet2's behalve .
silverhawk
16th Feb 2006, 13:04
didn't you know guys?
The Blackpool-based 757 crews will be rostered one week a month to operate out of TFS. I've told you already, Blackpool will be the best Jet2 base and have the best looking crews.
CentreFix25
16th Feb 2006, 16:04
i dont think it will be jet2 operating these routes either, where they gonna get a crew from ? it must be a spanish operator on jet2's behalveThat was the whole idea of getting the 757s, so they can fly to the Canary Islands. It defeats the object of being a low cost airline to then get someone else to do your flying.
jet2impress
16th Feb 2006, 18:20
Guess if its a based ac though, it means they will need just one extra ac, rather than 3 extra to base in BLK, NCL and BFS. Who knows what the plans are. Maybe if it was a sub, it would be a way of testing the water with minimal risk.
carlos vandango
16th Feb 2006, 22:32
They won't need to test the water in BFS. This route will be a winner for them. Fair play to them for finding new markets. I heard Ryanair were looking at Tenerife as their 800's could do it but there is no mission of Easy or Baby jumping on that bandwagon.
silverhawk
17th Feb 2006, 05:51
TFS can be done with the -300. No problem out of MAN, BFS or NCL
RobT100
17th Feb 2006, 07:51
TFS can be done with the -300. No problem out of MAN, BFS or NCL
And LBA with a 300 also ! Sundays visit to TFS is done by the 733 on a regular basis.
BUSH BABY
17th Feb 2006, 08:39
:confused: Not entirly true. At ncl we get a FUA 734 to op TFS and that very rarly makes it in one go. usually tech stops in santiago. Might be possible with a low load but with a decent load it would be difficult especially with unfavourable winds. Could possibly manage it from MAN or LBA with a 733:D.
GOLF-INDIA BRAVO
17th Feb 2006, 09:14
I flew from Manchester non stop on a B737 200 when BAL used to use them
G-I-B
GrahamK
17th Feb 2006, 09:31
IIRC, the 733 has a longer range than the 734?
carlos vandango
17th Feb 2006, 10:28
I know its possible to fly -300's to TFS..I've seem European -200's there :hmm: but Easy's have their MTOW limited and the engines are derated so much that apparently they struggle into Europe from BFS. I hear Baby's are similar ?
Johnny F@rt Pants
17th Feb 2006, 14:08
Blackpool will be the best Jet2 base and have the best looking crews.
Hello matey,
I heard that's why they've agreed to base you there, to balance things out a bit:} :} :}
silverhawk
17th Feb 2006, 14:41
oh you scurilous swine
I know where you live x
silverhawk
17th Feb 2006, 14:44
Bush baby, it's been done for years and with very very few tech stops. You buy the right tool for the job. No ife though.
What is the scope for the likes of Easy/Ryanair to get to the Canaries overnight, using marginal time presently spent on the ground ? There's a perceived belief that LCCs should not attempt sectors this long (which I've never quite subscribed to) but if you use aircraft time presently spent parked overnight it will surely change things. And the downmarket end of the Canaries market is used to overnight flights on charters.
toledoashley
17th Feb 2006, 15:40
Whats the difference between Monarch Scheduled and easyjet/ryanair for this idea - monarch have been operating the routes for years. Could we see loco's fly into TFN? Shorly we could see a Liverpool/Stansted/Bristol/Norwich/Dublin to TFN?? Departure time of 2100/0130 , 0200/0630 (would be back for the morning operations). Go did this a few years ago - didnt really work, but it was winter schedules.
BerksFlyer
19th Feb 2006, 17:31
Daniel Reilly (the teenager who is setting up nexus airways) is planning to operate 737s to the canaries from liverpool. If they are unreliable on this length of route then why would he choose 737s?
jet2impress
19th Feb 2006, 17:41
Daniel Reilly (the teenager who is setting up nexus airways) is planning to operate 737s to the canaries from liverpool. If they are unreliable on this length of route then why would he choose 737s?
......maybe because he is a teenager!
:}
carlos vandango
19th Feb 2006, 21:03
who said anything about 'unreliable'? There are many variants of 737..some even hop the atlantic (bbj). Fact remains though that 20k engines and an MTOW below 64T ain't gonna be much use goint to the canaries. Its just a paperwork excercise to change this..but an expensive one that many lowco's aren't really interested in.
Many of our 737-300's are B2 powered aircraft which are 22k already.