Originally Posted by
fjencl
Any news on what Carrier will be operating the Flights.
Logically speaking, it has to be either Easyjet, Ryanair or TUI. as it wouldn't make sense for a charter operator to operate just a few flights per week. You'd want an incumbent to pick this up for you
The focus being on regional airports, which all 3 can cover to some degree.
Jet2 tend to focus more on their Holidays arm and this would only take capacity away from that, so i highly doubt it's them, hence why they're excluded
TUI as by default a Charter airline, who dabble in many airports, both main and regional, they may seem to most likely, but with the recent addition of 2m seats, it sounds like their fleet is already spoken for
Easyjet may be going the same way, as they're ramping up preparations for their Holidays operations. Whether the Dnata addition would impact that remains to be seen
Ryanair have no Holidays affiliation and certainly have the wide network that could support it, but they're struggling with their fleet size at present due to the Max, and having to close routes/ bases as a result.
Any Charter company that could come in would need to set up shop for a good few months, but with the 'regional' airports being mentioned, there may need to be several frames required to facilitate this,
Just my 2 pennies on this, as there's no clear candidate