Originally posted by Saab 2000
Isn’t LGW rumoured as a new route?

i to be honest i haven’t heard much of it on the rumour lists – even Zaragota seems to be higher than any domestic run (bar Belfast) from what i have heard

however i am pritty sure that on this principle during the summer if a lo-co decided to fly out of say Leeds at 10pm on a Sat evening to Tenerife to arrive there at 2.15am, return at 3.30am to arrive at Leeds for 7.45am there would be a market, as the charters make it work, why not lo-co?

It will be inteeresting to see how Now go on on the Luton – TFS run.

Personally i would like to see Jet2 ofer LBA a second London link, possably to Stansted (1x Daily) or even Gatwick (2x Daily) as a primary domestic route

i’d say the routes they propose will be more like full time routes such as the rumoured Belfast in the main as this stability will keep the aircraft running all year without seasonal variation, obviously some routes will be generated for the winter season only (such as a posssable ski-run), I may also see a more buisness orientated route, preferably not cologne (as i’m hoping a german carrier may pick up a 1x daily run on here) as i see Leeds being more popular than the likes of Prestwick could be to some of these carriers!

Only time will tell!

Originally posted by Saab 2000
Very good news for Jet2, I have seen a few of there load factors and they seem to be doing very well on certain services. They do seem to be making use of their available capacity but can Leeds/Bradford hold this?

I reckon that you will probably see a few more high rotation flights such as Belfast etc in the future. It would seem logical if you were basing more aircraft at the airport and recruiting more cabin crew.

My thought exactly SAAB on the rotation front. Belfast does seem to be a prime candidate – i would say 2x daily for the moment. Knock has been floating about, perhaps a 2 or 3x weekly to start with – along with Salzberg and Zaragota which come up weekly on forums!

For the winter they have a rather underutilised fleet at the moment. Oct 23rd will be an interesting day!

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