Jet2.com

[Foxlimayankee]

who are the handling agents for Jet2 at Bristol?

Self handling for passenger handling, Swissport handle the Ramp side.

Not exactly sure on the dispatch/operations side but if they are recruiting dispatchers then would assume that is self handling too.

 

[Marko1]

Extra flights being added to summer 2022 - Corfu , Zante , dalaman and faro so far

 

[Marko1]

Extra flights to palma , Reus, no drum and Antalya - looks like no 6 aircraft for summer 22

 

[superking]

With a 6th possable aircraft for s22,is this with the extra routes and aircraft dependent on the covid and lock down at a suitable level and managed.

 

[Marko1]

New routes to Malaga and larnaca for summer 2022

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Jet2 seem very happy with the response for summer 2022 holidays.

BRS and Jet2 press release below.

Demand sees Jet2.com and Jet2holidays expand Summer 22 programme from Bristol Airport, with new destinations and hundreds of flights added

Demand sees Jet2.com and Jet2holidays expand Summer 22 programme from Bristol Airport, with new destinations and hundreds of flights added

www.bristolairport.co.uk

Demand sees Jet2.com and Jet2holidays expand Summer 22 programme from Bristol Airport, with new destinations and hundreds of flights added​

Created: 21st Jan 2021

Summer 22 programme expanded just weeks after launch, in response to demand

• Thousands of additional seats on sale to a range of summer hotspots giving customers even more choice and flexibility
• TWO BRAND NEW DESTINATIONS – MALAGA (COSTA DEL SOL) and LARNACA (CYPRUS) – added to Summer 22 line up
• Expansion means a choice of 35 sun and city destinations now on sale from Bristol Airport for Summer 22
• ‘Magnificent’ response from customers at newest base in response to reputation for delivering real package holidays, says Jet2holidays CEO

Just two weeks after launching an exciting Summer 22 programme from Bristol Airport, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has put on almost 400 additional flights to a wide range of popular hotspots in response to demand for Summer 22 holidays.

On top of this, the leading leisure airline and package holiday specialist has also added another two brand new destinations for local holidaymakers to enjoy in Summer 22 – MALAGA (COSTA DEL SOL) and LARNACA (CYPRUS).

This means Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has a total of SIX brand new summer destinations on sale for Summer 22 from Bristol Airport (including Paphos, Alicante, Bodrum and Dubrovnik), taking the number of destinations on sale from its newest base for next summer to 35.

Since announcing its Summer 22 programme two weeks ago, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has seen strong demand from customers looking to get away for some much-needed sunshine. The company has been quick to respond to this and has today announced additional flights to a huge 19 destinations, representing thousands of additional seats on sale. The destinations seeing more capacity are: Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Alicante, Reus, Palma (Majorca), Menorca, Faro, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Corfu, Crete (Heraklion), Halkidiki, Kos, Rhodes, Skiathos, Zante and Paphos.

This represents almost 400 additional flights in total, giving customers fantastic choice when it comes to reaching their favourite summer destinations. (A full breakdown is provided below.)

The company will operate to the popular Costa Del Sol via Malaga for the first time in Summer 22 from Bristol Airport, giving holidaymakers direct access to beach classics such as Torremolinos, Benalmadena and Fuengirola, as well as glamorous Puerto Banus and Marbella. In addition, the introduction of Larnaca in Cyprus means that locals can enjoy stellar beaches, ancient ruins and party hotspots with a range of resorts such as Ayia Napa and Protaras to choose from.

On the back of this expansion, key highlights from Bristol Airport for Summer 22 with Jet2.com andJet2holidays includes:

• BRAND NEW MALAGA (Costa Del Sol) – up to three weekly services operating from 31st March until 29thOctober.
• BRAND NEW LARNACA (Cyprus) – up to two weekly services operating from 1st May until 24th October.
  In addition:
• Turkey – up to 13 weekly services operating to four Turkish hotspots. This includes up to two weekly services to BRAND NEW Bodrum, as well as Antalya (up to five weekly services), Dalaman (up to five weekly services) and Izmir (weekly services).
• Canary Islands – huge choice with the UK’s leading operator to the Canaries, meaning up to 13 weekly services in total. This includes up to five weekly services to Tenerife, up to three weekly services to Lanzarote, up to three weekly services to Gran Canaria and up to two weekly services to Fuerteventura, offering unrivalled choice.
• Mainland Spain – including BRAND NEW Malaga, there are now five destinations in Mainland Spain to choose from including Alicante (also BRAND NEW with up to three weekly services), Reus (up to three weekly services), Girona (weekly services) and Costa de Almeria (weekly services).
• Balearic Islands – great choice and flexibility to Palma (Majorca) (up to seven weekly services), Ibiza (up to four weekly services) and Menorca (up to three weekly services).
• Portugal - plenty of choice with up to five weekly services to Faro (Algarve) and weekly services to the Portuguese island of Madeira.
• Greece – fantastic choice of 12 Greek destinations, with up to 20 weekly flights operating during peak periods.Customers have plenty of opportunity to enjoy some Greek sunshine, whether that’s in Crete (Heraklion) (up to two weekly services), Corfu (up to three weekly services), Kefalonia (weekly services), Skiathos (up to two weekly services), Santorini (weekly services), Kos (up to two weekly services), Kalamata(weekly services), Lesvos (weekly services), Preveza (weekly services), Rhodes (up to two weekly services), Halkidiki (weekly services) or Zante (up to three weekly services).
• Cyprus – as well as brand new Larnaca, the company is also introducing summer services to Paphos in Summer 22, with up to two weekly services giving great choice when it comes to reaching the Cypriot sunshine.
• Italy – weekly services to Naples and Verona.
• Croatia – weekly services to BRAND NEW Dubrovnik means holidaymakers can reach stunning waterfronts, unspoiled islands and a beautiful medieval city.

As well as booking and travelling on award-winning flights and ATOL protected package holidays from Bristol Airport, customers get to experience and enjoy the company’s VIP customer service which has seen Jet2.comand Jet2holidays repeatedly win high-profile accolades such as Which? Recommended Provider andTripAdvisor’s Best Airline – UK and Top 10 Airlines of the World.

This VIP customer service includes friendly flight times, as well as a generous 22kg baggage allowance and 10kg hand luggage allowance through a flight-only booking with Jet2.com, which saw the airline win five accolades at the 2020 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice® Awards for Airlines; or that very same VIP customer service, in-resort Customer Helpers, transfers, free child places and ATOL protection with the UK’s second largest tour operator, Jet2holidays.

The company has continued this customer-first strategy throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, winning praise from customers, consumer organisations, media, and independent travel agents for how it has looked after customers affected by programme changes. This includes Jet2.com and Jet2holidays ranking as the number one and two travel firms for providing refunds, according to a travel refund cancellation survey of more than 77,000 people by MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE). In addition, Jet2.com was recognised as the only UK airline to promptly provide refunds without significant backlogs, following a review by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “Since we announced the launch of flights and holidays from Bristol Airport, the response has been absolutely magnificent. Our reputation for looking after customers and delivering real package holidays has really cut through, and we have been very encouraged by the number of bookings coming through from customers and independent travel agents as a result of that. Customers clearly want their all-important holidays to look forward to, so we have responded quickly by adding thousands of additional seats to a range of brilliant hotspots from Bristol Airport. We haven’t stopped there, and we are delighted to be adding two more brand new destinations for customers to choose from for Summer 22, with Costa Del Sol and Larnaca joining Paphos, Alicante, Dubrovnik and Bodrum as brand new summer destinations next year. This growth, and the response to our Summer 22 programme, shows how much customers want to get away with an award-winning airline and tour operator to the sunshine.”

For further information and to book visit www.jet2.com or www.jet2holidays.com

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I've just posted this in the Jet2 airline thread.

Further suspension of Jet2 operations - up to and including 14 April 2021. So they have lost the big Easter market. I think it extremely unlikely that Jet2 will be alone in either suspending or greatly reducing operations in the first part of April. As things stand the remainder of April and perhaps beyond don't look any more promising.

Jet2holidays extends programme suspension until mid-April | Travel Weekly

Operator promises refunds and reports ‘huge pent-up demand’

www.travelweekly.co.uk

 

[IanFarquharson]

Looks like Jet2 base delayed until end June

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Looks like Jet2 base delayed until end June

It certainly looks like a longish delay. A few days ago the below linked article appeared on a local (BRS) aviation website written by a former posting member of F4A. The relevant paragraph is here:

From a source at Jet2 the airline has cancelled all flights up to 14th April 2021 with the possibility of flights resuming in May or June 2021, this is obviously not the start the airline wanted for its new base but with ongoing travel restrictions any start of operations has had to be delayed.

Not the best of starts, but for obvious and understandable reasons, although there will undoubtedly be some who will have had their bookings cancelled who will take a jaundiced view of what to them is a new airline. After the hope and expectation last year that 2021 would be a much better year than 2020 for overseas travel and holidays it seems that major problems will still exist, with UK government ministers hinting strongly that it will be extremely limited at best and Scotland's ubiquitous leader saying she doesn't think it likely that such journeys will be possible at all. Even if the UK sees restrictions eased back considerably by June/July it doesn't take into account the attitude of overseas governments.

If things still look difficult by mid-summer Jet2 might have to decide whether to postpone the base opening until 2022, or at least until next winter, with the hope that 2022 really will see a great improvement in conditions for overseas travel.

Jet2 delays launch at Bristol Airport due to Covid-19 restrictions - Fresh Aviation

It has been reported that UK holiday airline Jet2, that was due to launch its new base at Bristol Airport has cancelled flights until at least mid-April due to the ...

www.freshaviation.co.uk

 

[lbaspotter]

Jet2 have suspended the April 1st 2021 launch of its new Bristol base. Flights will now start 3months later than planned from July 1st 2021

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Further to my earlier post #89, Jet2 have now offered an explanation as to why they have pushed back the start of their BRS operations by three months to 1 July this year - see below linked article.

The pertinent part of the liked article is this:

Moving the launch date to July 1 allows us to ready our brand-new operation at Bristol Airport, including the delivery of our VIP customer service which we know will be hugely popular with customers in the region.

Given that the base was announced last November I find it puzzling that, if the explanation is to be believed, it is only now that they find themselves unable to begin on the originally announced date, or at least two weeks later than that along with the other bases. Furthermore, would the commencement have been delayed if there was no pandemic?

All other Jet2 bases are due to resume in mid-April although obviously no-one knows at the moment which routes, if any, will be allowed to operate by governments at that time whether in the UK or abroad.

The other bases are mature bases so that might be the real reason for delaying the BRS base commencement when allied to the pandemic uncertainty.

Jet2 and Jet2holidays delays Bristol launch

People who have booked flights with the holiday operator will be refunded automatically

www.business-live.co.uk

 

[TheLocalYokel]

As international travel will not be permitted from England until 17 May at the earliest, Jet2 and Jet2 Holidays have now suspended all flights until 16 May. This means that the delay to the BRS base opening now only amounts to six weeks for all practical purposes.

 

[Marko1]

A number of routes will not be operating until 2022 - Naples , Izmir and Reus being just 3. Reductions in others - Rhodes and zante and faro will not start till sept 2021

 

[TheLocalYokel]

A number of routes will not be operating until 2022 - Naples , Izmir and Reus being just 3. Reductions in others - Rhodes and zante and faro will not start till sept 2021

I wonder whether Jet2 will now regret beginning the base this year. In fairness, when it was announced last November the industry believed that summer 2021 would see a substantial recovery, something that now seems less likely. Summer 2022 might have been a better bet, assuming the world will be on a much surer virus footing by then.

 

[Marko1]

I guess a smaller programme is better than nothing at all. It could also build awareness for a busier winter 21/22 and then leading to a better summer 22.

 

[Jerry]

I wonder whether Jet2 will now regret beginning the base this year. In fairness, when it was announced last November the industry believed that summer 2021 would see a substantial recovery, something that now seems less likely. Summer 2022 might have been a better bet, assuming the world will be on a much surer virus footing by then.

They could still suspend it until 2022 or launch in winter?

 

[TheLocalYokel]

They could still suspend it until 2022 or launch in winter?

Jet2 had already put back the base launch by three months to 1 July this year, whist keeping open their options for restarting their other bases as soon as the government allows overseas travel.

They gave as the reason a need to 'ready our brand-new operation at Bristol Airport'. It seemed an odd explanation in some ways having announced the start date in their base announcement last November, but perhaps the Covid uncertainty had delayed their preparation.

Now it appears there will be further delays, reductions in frequency and in some cases cancellations of routes until summer 2022.

Some might read into this that the public response to the base, perhaps caused at least in part by the pandemic, has not been as robust as the company hoped. However, any thoughts along those lines seem to have been negated by the company CEO, Steve Heapy who, a few weeks ago, was reported as saying, 'Since we announced the launch of flights and holidays from Bristol Airport, the response has been absolutely magnificent'.

At that time new destinations and extra flights to other destinations were been added to the summer 2022 programme. So perhaps it's the case that the bulk of interest is coming for summer 2022 with many people still reluctant or hesitant about booking for this summer.

Jet2 will know that the continuing negative changes to their BRS programme is not something that will increase confidence in booking in an area where the airline and holiday company is not well-known, so clearly they must have sound reasons for their actions.

 

[Marko1]

On a positive note 3 aircraft are still needed for the July start.

 

[Ray Finkle]

New ski routes to Chambery and Innsbruck.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1372213412499968007

https://twitter.com/x/status/1372213497979883525

 

[alphagolf]

Just

New ski routes to Chambery and Innsbruck.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1372213412499968007

https://twitter.com/x/status/1372213497979883525

I make that 40 destinations now for Jet2 from Bristol, not all starting in 2021 but that’s a confident and comprehensive range of destinations from the word go, when they start flying