Jet2.com

[tleeds]

Hmmm, that is very interesting. Wern't those routes the first ones for LS at EMA?? Myself and another member on here were discussing the fact that BmiBaby were reducing routes to make the airline more attractive to other airlines for a possible take-over. Jet2 was the airline we thought was most likely to buy-out the airline, just like easyJet did with Go Airlines.
They seem to be focussing on dominating the EMA and Belfast market, trying to force airlines off routes - I am surprised however that Jet2 didn't put up a fight over those routes, they normally try their best to stick it out and win those routes, but it seems they aren't in the mood to fight over routes and have their minds on something else!?!?

 

[lbaspotter]

Jet2 are to operate 1x special 3 night Christmas shopping charter from its base at East Midlands to New York-Newark this coming November 2011.

The service will depart East Midlands Airport on Thursday, November 17th and return to Glasgow early on Monday, November 21st after a over night flight back to the UK.

LS073 EMA 08:10 EWR 11:15
LS074 EWR 22:00 EMA 10:00

 

[Aviador]

Jet2 are to operate 1x special 3 night Christmas shopping charter from its base at East Midlands to New York-Newark this coming November 2011.

The service will depart East Midlands Airport on Thursday, November 17th and return to Glasgow early on Monday, November 21st after a over night flight back to the UK.

LS073 EMA 08:10 EWR 11:15
LS074 EWR 22:00 EMA 10:00

This will work wonders for the airlines PR team. For many people in the East Midlands area Jet2 are still going to be largely unheard of. Advertisements by both the airline and the airport about flights to the big apple will be an 'eyebrow raiser' and it will attract some good publicity for the airline raising awareness about it's other routes.

 

[lbaspotter]

Jet2 have celebrated it's 1st birthday of operations from its East Midlands base this week and has confirmed that it will be adding a 3rd aircraft to the base next summer 2012.

Source: http://www.jet2.com/News/Jet2_com_Celeb ... _Midlands/

Jet2.com Celebrates Record First Year at East Midlands

31st May 2011

Jet2.com Celebrates Record First Year at East Midlands Airport

100,000 passengers fly in first year of operations - numbers planned to quadruple in 2012

Third aircraft to be based at airport for summer 2012

Jet2.com team set for expansion with further recruitment
A year since Jet2.com first took off from East Midlands Airport the airline is flying high – having transported 100,000 passengers to destinations across Europe, and with new aircraft, new routes and new recruitment all on the horizon.

When Jet2.com’s East Midlands’ operation kicked off in May 2010 it had just one aircraft at the base, serving seven resorts. A year on, the airline’s presence at the airport has almost doubled with two large aircraft now flying to 12 locations. New destinations for 2011 include Bodrum in Turkey, Alicante, the Algarve, Majorca and Rhodes, plus a special Christmas Shopping fight to New York in November.

Additional expansion plans are already underway for summer 2012 with a third aircraft now planned to be based at the airport, taking the total number of Jet2.com seats available from East Midlands to an impressive 400,000. The extra aircraft will help service routes to two new sunshine destinations of Malaga and Murcia, along with additional fights to some of the most popular holiday hotspots, including Alicante, Algarve, Majorca and Tenerife, all of which are now on sale for travel in 2012. Flights for next year are already selling at record speed as people plan their holidays well in advance, with the most popular destination being Tenerife, followed by Paphos in Cyprus.

The 2012 expansion will bring an additional 40 jobs to the East Midlands region with opportunities for airport-based staff, cabin crew and pilots – boosting the total number of Jet2.com employees at the base to over 100.

Ian Doubtfire, Managing Director of Jet2.com, commented: “We’re delighted with our first year of operation at East Midlands Airport. The growth we’ve already seen, combined with the growth planned, means we can fly more and more people living in the region where they want to go directly from their local airport. Also, with the airport benefitting from great motorway access, we are finding that our flights are drawing passengers further afield from areas including Lincolnshire and the South. And our competitive pricing, great flight times and generous 22kg baggage allowance have kept passengers coming back time and time again.

“We’re really excited about our plans for 2012 – the extra flights to our most popular Spanish, Balearic and Canary Island resorts will allow us to fly an extra 4,300 passengers a week to the sunshine, while the new routes to Murcia and Malaga, which our customers have demanded, offer passengers an even wider choice of great value holiday destinations.

“Similarly our great value New York Christmas shopping trip, which is East Midlands Airport’s first ever transatlantic route, is proving very popular. Since we launched it a couple of weeks ago many people have already booked their tickets or have chosen our fantastic short break package from sister company Jet2holidays, which includes flights, a three star hotel and free parking at East Midlands all from £589.99 per person.”

Brad Miller, Managing Director, East Midlands Airport said: “With Jet2.com's customer base rapidly growing, its route network increasing twofold and increased capacity to many of its most popular destinations, it's clear that Jet2.com has had an extremely successful first year at East Midlands Airport. We’re now looking forward to a very promising year ahead, with increased job opportunities and expansion plans for the region.”

Jet2.com flies from East Midlands to 14 destinations with prices starting from £29.99 including taxes. For more information about Jet2.com or for bookings, visit www.Jet2.com, or for further details about Jet2holidays visit www.Jet2holidays.com.

 

[tleeds]

The article mentions Malaga and Murcia, aiding on other current Spanish routes as well so I initially thought 737, although it mentions Tenerife as well, making me wonder whether it could be a 757..

 

[Hull City Fan]

tomleeds,

If you back track to page 4 you will see that the additional aircraft will be a B757.

 

[tleeds]

oops, stupid me :blush:

 

[lbaspotter]

Jet2.com have just announced a new route from its East Midlands base to Pisa-Florence.

Once weekly flights will be operated every Saturday commencing from May 5th, 2012.

 

[lbaspotter]

East Midlands based Jet2.com, Boeing 757-200, G-LSAD has gone tech down in Cyprus-Paphos over night by looks off things. The inbound LS656 service has been rescheduled for this afternoon according to the Jet2 website: http://www.jet2.com/status.aspx

18 September 2011 - LS656 Paphos to East Midlands

Jet2.com regrets to advise that the above flight is delayed until 19 September 2011. Customers have been provided with hotel accommodation and meals in Paphos and this flight is now expected to arrive into East Midlands at 17:25 (local time) 19 September 2011.

Also it looks like this afternoons LS637 service to Corfu will be operating from Leeds as it's showing up on the airport's live departure pages so a it i'll be a nice little ride for them up the M1. Jet2 have 2x spare Boeing 757-200's up at there Leeds base this afternoon.
The inbound LS638 service will operate direct into East Midlands this evening and then the aircraft will re-position back to Leeds as LS42A later tonight,

 

[lbaspotter]

Jet2 today operated it's Christmas Charter flight from East Midlands to New York-Newark using Boeing 757-200WL, G-LSAB operating as LS073.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Jet2 today operated it's Christmas Charter flight from East Midlands to New York-Newark using Boeing 757-200WL, G-LSAB operating as LS073.

Good old G-LSAB. I'm guessing it'll be operating ALL EWR flights this winter?

 

[lbaspotter]

Jet2 have just put on sale there 3 night Christmas Shopping break trip to New York-Newark from East Midlands airport today. They are again only offering just a sibgle departure this year which departs East Midlands on Thursday, November 15th and returns back to the UK on Monday, November 19th.

 

[lbaspotter]

Jet2 have just announced a new 1x weekly service to Gran Canaria from East Midlands. Flights will commence next summer from Monday, July 15th 2013 which to me is a very late start for the season.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Don't forget a good % of the flights out of Leeds don't start till around then. Such as BJV, CFU, 2nd dailys to AGP, PMI, ALC.

 

[lbaspotter]

Well it looks like Jet2 are getting in on the action down a East Midlands with bmi baby been closed in September.

As they have just announced major Expansion with 8 new routes and a 4th based aircraft (B737-300) for next summer 2013.

Two Years on Eight New Routes - Success at East Midlands Encourages Jet2.com Flight Expansion | Jet2.com

04th May 2012

- The North’s favourite leisure airline launches eight new city, sun and ski destinations
- Further investment in the region with the creation of 100 new jobs
- Additional aircraft for 2013, increasing capacity to over 500,000
- Full 2013 programme now on sale, giving passengers even greater choice
- 23 destinations from East Midlands from £31.99 including taxes

Jet2.com has today given a boost to East Midlands passengers affected by the bmibaby news launching EIGHT new destinations for Winter 2012/13 and Summer 2013 to Dubrovnik, Menorca, Nice, Ibiza, Larnaca and Gran Canaria and ski routes to Chambery and Geneva. This is great news for East Midlands travellers who can be assured of award winning customer service at low fares from their local airport.

East Midlands Airport MD Brad Miller with Jet2.com MD Ian Doubtfire at the announcement of Jet2.com's New York flights.

The addition of these new routes brings the airline’s total city, sun and ski destinations to 23 – substantial expansion for Jet2.com at East Midlands Airport which falls in the month of its second anniversary of operations from the airport.

To serve these exciting 23 destinations now available, three times the number the airline launched with in 2010, an additional 737 aircraft will arrive at the airport for summer 2013, increasing capacity to more than half a million seats – a 36 per cent increase on this year. This will give a significant boost to the local economy with 100 new jobs being created, bringing the total number of people employed by Jet2.com at the airport to 200.

Ian Doubtfire, Managing Director of Jet2.com, said: “Many local travellers have been affected by the decision to cancel bmibaby operations from East Midlands Airport. This is why we have decided today to launch our great value flights to eight new popular destinations, including the ski gateways of Chambery and Geneva. It is important to us that we give people continuity and ensure they can still enjoy travelling to their favourite destinations from their local airport.”

In addition to launching the new routes, Jet2.com has also put on sale 2013 flights to Mainland Spain, Canaries, Eastern Med destinations and Portugal. This means the full summer 2013 programme is now on sale for eager sunseekers. An increase in weekly flights from 31 to 49 will also give holidaymakers greater flexibility in tailoring their holiday plans to suit their needs.

Ian added: “It is undoubtedly a very exciting time for us at East Midlands Airport as we celebrate our second anniversary. We’ve been thrilled with the success of the past year but are very much looking forward to the next year, which will bring to the region more fantastic destinations, a new aircraft, even more capacity plus a further jobs boost. We are committed to East Midlands Airport and to giving our local passengers an unrivalled choice of city, sun and ski destinations.”

The EIGHT new destinations now available from East Midlands Airport are: Dubrovnik, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Larnaca, Menorca, Nice plus the ski routes of Chambery and Geneva. Flights from East Midlands start from £31.99, including taxes.

East Midlands customers can also enjoy great value city and sun package holidays with Jet2holidays – which offers flexible durations for stays in accommodation from 2-5 star hotels and apartments from self-catering to all inclusive.

 

[tleeds]

It seems Jet2 are filling their boots down at EMA.

According to the EMA "New Routes" section, Jet2 are offering flights from East Midlands to Glasgow and Edinburgh, effective of 10th September 2012...

http://www.eastmidlandsairport.com/emaw ... /NewRoutes

Flight's aren't currently bookable through the Jet2 website, but East Midlands Airport have it in black and white!

 

[Seasider]

I think someone has made a mistake and it is FlyBe that are to fly to GLA/EDI.

 

[airforced]

Another 'new face' operating out of EMA is the Euro Atlantic B763 (CS-TLO) which, this morning, is on the Alicante run. Does anyone know how long Jet2 have this beast for and which aircraft it is covering for?

 

[tleeds]

could someone please post a preview of what Jet2 will be offering from LBA next Summer..?

 

[lbaspotter]

Jet2 have just announced 2 new city routes from East Midlands to Prague and Budapest for the winter 2013/14 season. Both routes will operate 2x weekly.

Source: http://www.jet2.com/News/A_Gateway_to_Eastern_Europe_with_Jet2_com/

PRAGUE commences from 7th November 2013
BUDAPEST commences from 8th November 2013