Originally Posted by
Curious Pax
Isn’t that the big question? Are sufficient slots to allow a minimum of 2 aircraft a minimum of 2 rotations 7 days a week likely to be available any time soon?
I would say so, yes. Perhaps if the secondary runway becomes available then who knows, but certainly this rumour of an imminent base announcement flies in the face of the current line that they need to focus on growth at currently bases. Unless anything has changed then like I said previously I wouldn’t hold my breath.
For what it’s worth, if for arguments sake they did want to go in to Gatwick and they acquired the slots to do so, it probably wouldn’t start off with two aircraft. Would be a large base to make it worthwhile. I also doubt it would just be a question of slots but also terminal space, they like their brand and they like it to be clearly visible in terminals. Is there scope for that at Gatwick?