Originally Posted by
manx crab
Do Easyjet, Ryanair, Loganair etc all have a fleet of aircraft, crew etc hidden away just waiting to magically appear on all these routes?.
When AirBerlin went bust, Easyjet drasically increased their flying at Berlin - by leasing lots of extra aircraft on an ACMI basis until they were ready to operate in their own name. I doubt people really got that bothered by seeing "operated by SmartLynx Estonia" when making a booking...