Personally I would like COV to become a good low cost base as its in my commutable area and all pilots like to have 'options'.
1) 100,000 tickets is peanuts, nothing, drop in the ocean.
2) No car park, no terminal, no coffee shop and we are 6 weeks away from launch.
3) The runway and no Cat3 is going to create tech stops and diversions and thats going to make the programe fall apart.
4) Does it make business sense for TUI to own both the airport and the main operator there? One can only male a profit at the exact loss of the other...
I'm wishing my friends with them well and hope it prospers. It sure as heck isn't going to worry my employer so another 737 operator up the road is good news for me.
But its hardly the slick serious proposition I envisaged upon first hearing that Britannia were starting up a low cost arm. I had in mind 4 737's into EMA, killing off BMI Baby and ditto at MAN. Maybe a big push at BHX who don't even have a LCA!
But not this.
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