Not announced by Jet2 or the airport yet but flights are loaded onto the website and available to book
In what way crazy? Ryanair, Europe's largest and probably most financially successful airline, has been doing exactly that for years. The market clearly does exist for both Liverpool and Manchester to co-exist even within the same airline's network.
Small time? With a fleet strength of 115?! They may have no aspirations to be like easyJet, Ryanair or Wizzair with bases in multiple countries but they manage their own speciality very well. That is an airline operating both holiday charter-style flights and low-cost flights sold direct to the public, essentially succeeding where Monarch failed. In fact I would suggest that avoiding London's major airports may be a key part of their strategy. There is plenty of life north of the Watford Gap!
But London has 3 of the 4 busiest airports in the UK.
EasyJet and Ryanair manage it very well.
Jet2 fly from Stansted.
Not really, Jet2’s bread and butter is the package holiday- something they do extremely well.
It’s really a bit of both, with Jet2 losing Doncaster after its closure.
Jet2 didn't use Doncaster, TUI did
Even for me down on the coast on the Kent/ East Sussex border City/Gatwick and Stansted are all acceptable airports because of the transport links. The ones that I avoid are Luton and Heathrow. I've never flown Jet 2 but if they fly from Stansted that's more or less the south of England market served to my mind.
Rather ironic that short breaks and business travelers would be condemned to use Manchester, given how disruptive that is to one's schedule. I would say that I would sooner stay at home if that was the option, but as I am on the Liverpool side anyway, further irony that such choice is no hardship!!
Yeah I'm in Birmingham so I have plenty of options within a couple of hours should BHX not offer what I want but MAN is the bottom of the barrel last resort. I'd rather drive up to Newcastle than use Manchester tbh
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I've been happy with Jet2, I used them in the past Leeds/Bradford to Venice but in recent years once a year (excepting Covid) 2015-2022 Manchester-Rhodes. I once used Thomas Cook for one leg because the time was more to my liking. I don't get a package deal because I stay with family in Rhodes. I would pay a certain amount more to fly Jet2 in preference to EasyJet or Ryanair, quite how much more I haven't had to put to the test.
I would pay the earth more in order to not fly Ryanair, but what is it about Jet2 Vs EasyJet you prefer?
You are quite right, my mistake.
I’ve only flown Jet2 as part of a package holiday, so I don’t know if non-package passengers get the same treatment.
Pretty much as Tetchytyke has said, EasyJet is tolerable, Ryanair I only use if they're flying directly between the two points I want to travel between and nobody else is, and Jet2 has always appeared to take pleasure in my custom. It probably comes down to their holiday/charter background, because their assumption that everyone on board is going on holiday slightly grates (I might be going to a funeral, perhaps?). Anyway, direct flights and sensible times come reasonably high up my criteria, I don't normally get up at 3am when I'm supposed to be on holiday.
I’d be amazed if we did. Liverpool and Manchester share the same catchment area, which is huge, demand is outstripping supply, and Manchester is edging towards full capacity.
The first time I went to Liverpool was when I was 2 years old on a diversion from Manchester in 1963; the second time I went was in early EasyJet days and I drove there and couldn't find the "long term car park" only to discover that there wasn't one, just a single car park within easy walk of the terminal. Now things have changed! Yes, I use Liverpool occasionally but it's a bit of a pain to get to and it's on my list of sensible airports to use.
It’s a pain in the bum to get to if you don’t/don’t want to drive. But if you do drive it’s pretty good- amazingly it’s often quicker from Halifax to drive there than it is to drive to Manchester Airport. And it’s not (usually) a zoo, unlike Manchester.
I've used Jet2 for holiday packages & flights only, and I can confirm that they treat both equally as well. And like you I've found them always to be going above and beyond for their customers, and actually knowing people who work there it seems they also expand this ethic to the staff. Which probably explains why their crews are always seemingly happy to be there. In fact had it not been for covid, I might actually work for them myself as their was a job I was very interested in right before lockdown.