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Old 12th Apr 2021, 13:46
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Because the government have announced a framework to restart travel, potentially from 17th May. A company doesn’t have to bring its entire workforce off furlough, entire fleet from storage in order to operate a partial program to wherever is permitted. Heaven forbid, Jet2 might actually try to capture part of a market that’s away from their bread and butter in order to bring in some much needed revenue.

You’re correct in saying that airlines are in preservation mode, which is why the majority are keeping cash in the business and bookings valid until it’s abundantly clear they cannot operate. Remember that the majority of working people will have annual leave booked that cannot be moved. It’s far easier to fill aircraft and hotel rooms by transferring existing bookings for “closed” destinations than it is from a standing start with no bookings after cancelling them all. TUI, easyJet and BA were flying full aircraft to the Canaries in October half term whilst Jet2 were scrambling to throw a program together.
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