The critics had their say, but I don't believe for a second TUI and Britannia didn't know what they were doing with this project.
Skypartners makes an excellent point that new aviation ventures such as this should be welcomed by the aviation community after 2 or 3 years of tough market conditions, yet they all to often recieve vitification from PPRuNe members.
Time to get behind TUI/Thomsonfly and CVT once and for all.