Originally Posted by
inOban
Well, FR went into the ring with Easyjet on the STN to Glasgow route, and FR are walking away, aren't they?
FR are walking away from GLA completely, it’s nothing to do with EZY competition. Although EZY domestics from STN still seem to do very well even when the price is double.
You only need to look at EZY’s short lived venture into the ROI, the LTN-CPH bloodbath and their HAM base closure to see that they cannot compete with FR on a cost basis. EZY is much more of a conservative business model and that’s why their financial results are always very, very good. They will only have aircraft flying where there is money to be made.
LTN needed more competition on your ALC and AGP and to a lesser extent BCN.