Originally Posted by
G-FORZ
Are TUI operating an airport anywhere else in their portfolio?
From what’s been said the magical passenger number for airport profitability is 4million pax, other airports achieving that currently have around 15 based airframes, operating first and second waves am/pm - would it be reasonable to expect this from one operator?
shifting over the pennies isn’t that far fetched, effectively what Jet2 did out of LBA in reverse, but maintaining a firm presence at LBA in the process, are TUI brave enough to take on Yorkshires airline properly in their own back yard?
I don’t think Jet2 ‘shifted presence’, they’ve continued to grow at LBA whilst recognising that, like it or lump it, MAN is the powerhouse of the M62 corridor.
No point going over very old ground, but for DSA to work at the very least LBA must close. In the most optimistic scenario could the owners of LBA not see that their airport is full to the brim, in dire need of significant expansion and would probably be more valuable as a housing estate? Sell up and buy in to DSA and shift as much of the business as they possibly can over to Doncaster? Bit close to EMA still, and a bit too far from West Yorkshire..
If only DSA was 25 miles to the West. Very sad to see it go this way, but some great people have been shown the door in recent months. When the passengers don’t book in sufficient numbers, it’s hard to reach that critical mass Peel have been talking about. Was built with large volumes in mind.