Originally Posted by
Severn
TUIs ever decreasing presence in LTN
Below is a summary of the number of based aircraft, number of weekly departures and routes operated over the last 3 summer seasons:
Summer 2017
3x based aircraft
38x flights (All operated by TUI)
22x routes
Summer 2018
2x based aircraft (-1)
33x flights (-5) (28x flights operated by based TUI aircraft / 1x operated by TUI w-pattern / 4x flights operated by other carriers - AEA, FHY etc)
21x routes (-1)
Summer 2019
2x based aircraft
27x flights (-6) (27x operated by based TUI aircraft)
20x routes (-1)
Summer 2020 - provisional plan
1.6x based aircraft (1x aircraft based all week, 1x aircraft split between LTN (Mon-Thu) and BOH (Fri-Sun))
20x flights (-7) (20x operated by based TUI aircraft)
15x routes (-5)
Is it a possibility that no airline can plan ahead until planning allow an increase on the current 18 million pax per year which potentially can be reached by December 31st this year?