Larger aircraft added to Jet2.com fleet
Jet2.com plans to serve “more adventurous” destinations after adding two Boeing 757s to its fleet.
The airline is to base the 228-passenger 757-200s at Leeds-Bradford airport. It claims to be the first low cost carrier in Europe to acquire Boeing 757-200s.
Chief executive Philip Meeson indicated that further 757s would be added to the fleet which up until now has been made up of 24 Boeing 737-300s. But he declined to be drawn on what new routes could be available with the longer range aircraft.
The 148-passenger Boeing 737s operate mainly to continental Europe from the airline’s five bases in the north of England and Northern Ireland – Leeds-Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle, Blackpool and Belfast.
Meeson said in a statement: “These new B757-200 aircraft will help us to grow our passenger numbers to our most popular destinations and in addition they will allow us to serve more adventurous routes in the future.”
Report by Phil Davies
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