Originally Posted by
Leisure
With the demise of a much beloved Thomas Cook, there is now very little left in the independant charter market.
There is a huge void left and i wonder if we are likely to see new start ups take advantage of the lack of choice and open up the markets again.
Could we see another Viking / XL return or something similar.
Don't think so, there's already a lot of capacity in the market. Most people these days prefer to make their own holidays with flexible durations, something which the likes of Thomas Cook couldn't replicate effectively.
Lots of people predicted the European market would emulate the USA, where only a handful of large operators remain. This, along with all the other recent bankruptcies is the start, and its just the capitalist way of getting rid of the inefficient ones.
Shame though, i had plenty of good memories on Thomas cooks holidays in the past
