You sense the announcement next Monday by Boris will be the first time we get a meaningful view on whether we will get a summer season this year.
Whilst it now seems clear the UK restrictions will gradually lift in Spring, which should stimulate the demand for our domestic services, a big question mark exists about international travel both in terms of when it can happen and the conditions travellers must meet in order to travel.
Given KLM is due to start in March and ramp up in late April; Dublin in March; Bulgaria in May, Ryanair in June plus Alba in July, it is quite possible that none of these really get off the ground this year. Some newspaper speculation suggests July as a possibility whilst ofhers say after Summer.
Whatever happens, any uptick for MME is going to be slow with a lot of people glued to our leader on Monday for any new information.