Originally Posted by
Buster the Bear
Volotea would seem a natural fit. No bases within the UK yet. Mind you post pandemic, there are going to be some really attractive airports with plentiful slots, so Southampton remaining open and viable is the first strep,
Volotea besides being the contracted charter carrier out SOU of TUI for their package holidays now only to Majorca for past the past few years (also IBZ and MAH but those got cancelled)
Volotea did try in summer 2016 with SOU as one of their own sell-able low-cost scheduled destinations (not charters, which were still being flown for TUI Holidays) but sadly this twice weekly flight to Palma did not last long...even with fares starting at £21.99
Flybe was still flying to Palma then too, as was TUI who were selling both packages and flight onlys on their own Volotea charters...
Since then Volotea have not touched the UK, but decided to branch out on the Greek Islands domestic market from ATH, along with their France & Italy Ops.
Fingers burnt I guess...
They are usually cheap, and sort of cheerful but their track record with UK customers leaves a lot to be desired and their name is not up there at the top.