Well that's my travel.pkans well and truly cocked up by the B gift that keeps on giving. First world problems and all that but very frustrating and I'm not impressed with FR at all. The same thing happened to Wizzair when they launched BHX-TIA, it went on sale before being taken off sale without a single schedule operating for the same reason. I guess FR thought they were above the law. As always, it's the customer that pays the price.
I don't think Jet2 are the catalyst. They have set up flights to RAK and AGA for package holiday travellers, their flight only prices are not wallet friendly at all. I have flown FR on numerous occasions to Morocco and all flights have had a very high proportion of Moroccan residents and Moroccans living in the UK visiting family for whom the FR flights would have been ideal.
WIth around 10 weekly flights lost at BHX from April as a result of this, will FR increase frequencies on other routes or introduce a new destination or simply keep the base at 7 aircraft instead of increasing to 8?
Let's hope easyJet have noticed and consider operating their BHX-RAK route year round instead of winter only.