It’s tit for tat but i make only 5 available and more so stands 1, 5 & 6 can only take aircraft up to the 737-300, even the EMB190 struggles on them so there’s no chance of putting the 800’s anywhere near.That only leaves an additional 6 stands available for nightstopping aircraft.
I do understand why, however i find it so hard to swallow. Most would say it’s the tip of the iceberg and i suppose they’d be right but I’ve been to many of our UK airports and I’ve yet to see this at any of them other than in extreme circumstances. Concrete is of course expensive there’s no doubting it yet they seem to find a way and they certainly don’t wait until capacity is reached or in our case exceeded. GLA, EDI, EMA, BRS to name a few have all laid extra stand capacity in recent years.
Back to Jet2, I’m really happy things are back on track, future expansion is confirmed with the neo’s and I’ve heard a new base should be announced shortly.