Originally Posted by
DanAir89
tee hee, I thought the same! While I wish the airport well in the past both Airtours and Thomson have IIRC taken a based aircraft from NCL to MME but it’s always ended up back at NCL (late 90’s early 00’s) which also says a lot too.
Airtours left because of a company restructure/downsizing and Thomson left because of the MME market becoming overcrowded (bmibaby / Ryanair / FlyGlobespan's first route to TFS), if it was the lack of demand hinted at then the bases would not have lasted anywhere near as long as they did.