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)
The LTN reductions have been even more significant than your post mentions and you’ll see discussion of this somewhere in the TUI thread.
For the vast majority of S19, LTN is one based aircraft (757). Only in the last week or so has a second aircraft (738) arrived to operate some peak season flights and will only be around for a few more weeks before it reverts to one aircraft. So next year isn’t a huge reduction and may even be an increase in the off-peak summer provided TUI base the second (albeit part time) aircraft from May-October.