I'm not sure that having Summer 2006 on sale is a sign of weakness.
Surely it is the right thing to do to steal a march on your competition. Some airlines who have released their summer schedules have only released certain routes which are set in stone and unlikely to change.
Legacy carriers tend to allow bookings up to 11mths ahead at any stage. It is only the LCC's that have changed their policy to a seasonal release in order to (a) hype up and give a reason for increased publicity at a given time and (b) to avoid planning so far ahead and inadvertently take bookings on routes the airline may not be planning to operate in 11mths time.
I would have to say that I don't see the release of Sunner '06 schedules and financial concerns as intrinsically linked.
Last edited by JobsaGoodun; 21st Sep 2005 at 14:34.