You make a fair point. But it’s comparing Apples and Oranges really. Low cost flight only versus holiday package tours. It would be a risk to part from the known, but that’s business sometimes. As far as Cape Verde is concerned, I’d heard a rumour that TUI had basically threatened to pull out from the island completely if any of the resorts even showed a bit of ankle towards J2 or any other operator…
At the end of the day, you have to play to your strengths, and maybe LH wouldn’t be appropriate considering the J2 customer demographic.