Agadir is winter seasonal with Easyjet, but of course, we don’t know what they will bring to the table with these 5/6 aircraft.
In terms of the other routes, PDL, PMO, CAG and TSF are welcome new routes. I know TSF is a ‘Venice’ Airport, but of course can be used as an alternative Airport for the North East area of Italy too.
Almeria is a good route. Technically only Jet2 on the ‘low cost scheduled’ front, with TUI and MT being primarily IT flights. There is a large villa portfolio in Almeria and Roquettas so will appeal to that crowd.
Belfast, well, that’s a wait and see route.
Oporto should do well now there is no Monarch presence, and if it offers alternate days to Easyjet, then even better.
Reus and Rhodes are perennial favourites from MAN so should do well.
What we also have to consider is the extra flights too. According to the press release, there will be more FAO, more AGP, more LIs and so on. These could be key tipping point routes too. Alicante as an example goes from 15 to 19 weekly, which is a fair whack of extra capacity, and as said above, this doesn’t even take into account anything Easyjet may add too.
Interesting times indeed.