British low-cost leisure carrier Jet2 has reached a key milestone in the ongoing development of its fleet, with its first Airbus A321neo having now entered service.
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Although Jet2 has operated a small number of Airbus jets on lease to cope with summer demand, this is Airbus' first direct order from Jet2, and a shift away from the company's traditionally all-Boeing fleet. Jet2.com celebrated its 20th birthday on 12 February 2023.
In May 2015, we secured our first ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) commercial aircraft lease with Thomas Cook Airlines. Since then, we have expanded our Leasing business, and we now operate a number of Airbus A330-200 aircraft serving customer airlines and routes to Europe, North America, and beyond.
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Voted for by travel industry professionals, Jet2.com won this impressive accolade for the third year in a row, beating British Airways, easyJet and Lufthansa in the process. 'Best Airline' at the Group Leisure Awards.
Similar to the easyJet seats, the best ones to go for at the seats near to the exit which can be seats 12 and 14 depending on the type of plane. Seatguru has a list of seats that certain Jet2 passengers will want to avoid on certain planes if they are looking to fly very soon.
Seat and AmenitiesBeing a low-cost carrier, the seats don't recline or have headrests and the actual leg room is about an inch less than their full-service competitor, British airways (BA).
EasyJet now operates an all-Airbus fleet, and discount carriers generally prefer to operate planes from one manufacturer to keep training and maintenance costs low.