Originally Posted by
Vokes55
Any talk of Stansted suddenly becoming the airport of choice is pie in the sky. Airlines will always favour Gatwick over Stansted, this will never change.
I have to agree with that statement. Luton, Stansted and Southend have all benefited from capacity restraints at Gatwick while Southend has further benefited from capacity issues at Luton.
Flights will clearly be consolidated to increase yields. Whether that involves just cutting back route capacity at each individual airport or merging routes to particular airports will all be revealed in the coming months.