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NewsJet2 parent to focus on airline after selling logistics business
UK budget carrier Jet2’s parent, Dart Group, has sold its sister logistics business to investor Culina Group. The divestment of Fowler Welch, for a gross cash consideration of £98 million, leaves Dart Group able to concentrate exclusively on the leisure airline operation. Jet2 is based at Leeds Bradford ...
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Jet2 pushes back resumption of flights to 1 July
UK budget carrier Jet2 will restart operations on 1 July, having previously said it would begin flying again on 17 June.
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Jet2 owner accesses £300m UK government loan
Jet2’s parent company has qualified for a £300 million ($366 million) loan from the UK government’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF).
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Jet2 expects £109m coronavirus hit and cancels 12 aircraft leases
UK leisure carrier Jet2 expects to take a £109 million ($135 million) hit from suspending operations during the coronavirus pandemic, and has cancelled plans to lease 12 aircraft for the summer season. The airline’s parent company, Dart Group, says in a disclosure to the London Stock Exchange that ...
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Jet2 extends operational shutdown to mid-June
UK leisure carrier Jet2 is now aiming to resume operations on 17 June, after it previously cancelled all flying until 1 May.
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Jet2 parent pulls profits guidance as carrier suspends flights until May
Parent of UK leisure carrier Jet2 has pulled its full-year financial guidance after the operator was forced to cancel all flying until 1 May following the widespread introduction of travel restrictions across Europe.
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Jet2 suspends services to Spanish market
UK leisure carrier Jet2 has cancelled all services to mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands with immediate effect. Multiple Jet2 aircraft en route to Spanish resorts on 14 March have abandoned their original flightplans and instead turned around to head back to the UK. Spain ...
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Jet2 buys Thomas Cook slots at trio of UK airports
UK budget airline Jet2 has purchased slots previously by defunct leisure operator Thomas Cook at Birmingham, Manchester and Stansted airports.
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Jet2 observes demand lift after Thomas Cook failure
UK budget carrier Jet2 is experiencing an uplift in demand following the demise of Thomas Cook Group, and its parent is expecting higher full-year profits as a result.
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Jet2 bills disruptive passenger for more than $100,000
UK leisure airline Jet2 has banned a disruptive passenger from its flights for life and charged her £85,000 ($105,000) in costs.
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Birmingham aims to regain transatlantic flights by 2020
Birmingham airport may have to wait until 2020 to regain transatlantic services after Primera cancelled its services to Newark, Boston and Toronto from the UK gateway this summer.
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Primera to scrap short-haul flights from Birmingham
Primera Air will cancel all of its short-haul flights from the UK's Birmingham airport and one route from London Stansted later this year.
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ANALYSIS: Airlines target post-Air Berlin Majorca market
Deriving its name from the Latin “insula maior” or “larger Island” Majorca has certainly loomed large in the sights of Europe’s airlines since Air Berlin signalled its withdrawal from the market last year.
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UK airlines report big gender pay gaps
Airlines based in the UK have universally reported that men in their employ earn more than women, with male employees dominating the highest-paid roles at all operators.
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Ryanair chief backs 'vital' capacity boost at Stansted
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has expressed support for London Stansted airport's application to raise its annual cap on passenger numbers by eight million to 43 million.
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Belfast International to gain eight new routes
Belfast International airport is to announce eight new international routes in the coming days, managing director, Graham Keddie discloses.
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Tail-strike after bounced landing damaged Jet2 737
Portuguese investigators have detailed a bounced landing at Funchal in which a Jet2 Boeing 737-800 was substantially damaged by a tail-strike.
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OPINION: The risk of complacency over Brexit
When the UK voted to leave the European Union in a 23 June referendum, predictions for the country's airlines and airports were not good.
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ANALYSIS: Europe's leisure carriers fight over tight market
Leisure carriers in Europe have not been short of challenges over the past 12 months. Already adjusting to falls in demand to North African destinations, further tourism hotspots have been hit by damaging geopolitical events. On top of that, the Brussels and Istanbul airport terror attacks highlighted the vulnerability of ...
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ROUTES: Jet2 to serve Krakow from Manchester
UK leisure airline Jet 2 is starting twice-weekly flights from Manchester to Krakow on 28 April.
