That would be good, seeings as Jet2 already have a LGW-MAN service, could defo see them expanding from there…they would be even better if they decided to operate low-cost services to TFS and other such destinations from LGW, as this would be good competition against the other charter carriers (Monarch, Excel, First Choice, etc…)
I have a feeling Jet2 are dropping Manchester-Gatwick, I was looking for a flight in December, and a note came up saying route did not operate after some time in October. I’d like to see a Liverpool Gatwick route by a loco, or poss even Liverpool-Southend as this airport is gearing itself up to serve London with a new train station openning there soon. Im not sure if the runway length could cope with EZY or FR’s aircraft ?
VLM who run LPL-LCY seem to be struggling a bit, I don’t think they capture much leisure business as they tend to be a bit expensive compared to rail. Short domestic hops must have quick airport transits, Jet2 using Manchester Terminal one and Gatwick South are at a dissadvantage due to the lengthy queues at check-ins, security & being bussed at Manchester. I travelled with Flybe recently MAN-NWI again via MAN terminal one, and it’s pretty awful, Eastern who used to fly this route, used terminal 3, which was much better, however Eastern’s fare were way over the top for 45 mins !
Talking about Norwich, at one time you could fly Air UK, NWI-LHR, the route went a long time back (along with HUY-LHR which went via NWI) the weird thing is now with more people travelling and traffic conjestion I would thinking getting from Norfolk to Heathrow would be a nightmare by road. I guess most people from that area would go via Amsterdam given the choice, this being KLM’s gain and LHR (and probably BA’s loss).
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