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Jet2 Egypt
Anyone know why jet2 haven't started routes towards Egypt? They pretty much cover most Greece and Spain, so why don't they tamper with Egypt ect. Or could the 321's open those doors for them ?
Egypt seems to be less politically stable than Greece... it's caused an awful lot of problems for the like of Monarch and Thomas Cook. Perhaps one to be wary of, at least while demand for more reliable bets like Greece and Spain remains lower than 2019 ?
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N Africa
Jet2 used to go to Egypt and Tunisia, but in recent years political instability and terrorist attacks made them too dangerous. They are not prepared to put their customers in harms way.
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The FCO doesn’t advise against travel to these destinations, so they’re deemed as safe as anywhere else.
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Due to high profile attacks both have suffered a fall in demand. Egypt was also on the red list at one point which probably hasn’t helped also.
Until the next time. Then 'lessons will be learned'. Yeah, right.
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With TUI you have a choice of 5 airports to Italy whereas I think Jet2 offer Rome only. Perhaps that is because other parts of Italy are unsafe!
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And in Italy they fly to Naples, Pisa, Rome, Olbia, Catania, Turin, Verona & Venice !
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With a fleet of close to 90 aircraft and a substantial order book, I'd say nothing small about Jet2!!
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In the past they have flown to Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt among other destinations. I assume these didn’t perform as well as others hence they were dropped and replaced.
Does anyone fly to Rimini?.... used to be a very popular area for UK tourists....with loads of IT flights from UK provincial airports......seems to have fallen out of favour.
(apologies for being off-topic)
(apologies for being off-topic)
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Article on them suspending the flights: https://www.google.se/amp/s/www.bbc....d-12416303.amp
Morocco: Marrakesh https://www.jet2.com/News/Jet2holida...ST_PETERSBURG/
Tunisia: Enfidha
https://www.jet2.com/News/Jet2holidays_Goes_to_Tunisia/
There was at least a weekly Leeds-Enfidha flight.
There are also pictures and other articles regarding Jet2 operating to those countries.
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Indeed TUI and the remains of Thomas Cook don't offer it anywhere in comparable EU markets either.
Right now the place an unpleasant crime ridden hole dominated by Eastern European and Russian criminals with a pretty boring beach and a €15.00 charge for a desk chair.
The only carrier offing direct flights from anywhere in the UK are Ryanair from Stansted a couple times a week in high season.
Its a busted flush; in the seventies the airport handled around 1.2million whilst even before COVID that had declined to under 400,000 per annum.