The Dutch House of Representatives have just voted for Lelystad never to have commercial passenger airline flights. No, not legally binding, but any Govt minister going against this in the next few years will need to be brave and courageous.
That means all the O&D beach flights (including Transavia) are stuck at AMS. And no, RTM and EIN are not going to be expanding significantly any time soon. All this, along with the Dutch desire to reduce the number of flights at AMS is going to put strong pressure on KLM to maximise the value of each slot at AMS. Think how BA was acting with LHR slots 30 years ago.
There is also the issue of competitors Easyjet and BA Euroflyer having relatively low costs with A320 aircraft on LGW-AMS.
If KL starts LGW-AMS, it is unlikely to be with regular use of Embraer Cityhopper aircraft. It will need to be using aircraft with at least 150 seats to avoid red ink.
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