Winter slots ain’t up for grabs anytime soon.
On a differing note appears El-Al aren’t doing too well again . Down to just a single weekly flight through to the spring, according to a well know “routes site”
Cathay down to 6 daily in May
Hainan remains on 3 weekly through summer -not so bad given their financial conditions and cuts everywhere including their long standing Brussels flights down to five weekly in part of the northern summer schedules.
Indeed seems to be a general trend of consolidation across the entire Chinese aviation industry right now - the party are obviously fed up with the ever increasing and blooming debt this industry is creating for them !
No Seattle or SFO this coming summer
Still nothing to/from India cepting the Goa crab cocktail and beach service !
Flybe remains on life support through and if they collapse- well let’s just not go there rights now
Gains a few
Juneyao three weekly
Virgin/Delta capacity uplifts and currently hollow promises on further routes in the near future
Biman to continue through summer
Jet2 continue to push forward at an alarming rate
Easy and Ryan a few new awayday aircraft trips
Air Baltic well we will see if they remain - historically a bit shifty in both senses of the word especially when it comes to committing long term to anywhere!
The shamrock plays the timetable game - guess the frequency today tomorrow next week !
Nice up lift from the Turks as they chase the budget Anatolian coastal market once again (as Euro area becomes increasingly pricey-it a cynical thing - only broken by mad murdering criminal acts) and THY chasing connections via their nice and new hub facility.
Westjet - nice short programme for the fishing community, seal watchers, and lobster eaters with touch of VFR traffic
Oh plus Sharm and Enfidha back on the map subject to the same caveat mentioned in the Turkish paragraph above
True the wreckage of TCX is gradually being back filled
Another negative a certain disruptive force at the end next week that will have an economical impact, yet to be truly understood by anyone even learned economists and their various differing models.
2020 is going to be a difficult year for the industry imho and a stable 1% even nil growth in terminal numbers might well be considered a positive result , a small drop may actually happen later in the year if the early bookings of holidays and even business planning trips (mine included) are anything to go by.
Seat capacity is said to be up at the moment however I expect some consolidation to happen after Easter if the current booking trends remain where they are.
Just don’t see passing 30m this year or indeed next to be honest. Just my opinion happy to be proved wrong on this measure .