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Old 25th Jan 2007, 18:56
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bmibaby had nine based aircraft at EMA for the winter 2002/3 season, though some of these aircraft were operating W-patterns with other bases, at that point I think it was just CWL. It was because bmibaby wanted to grow very quickly, taking over all of the British Midland routes and trying to launch new routes. Sadly few of the unestablished routes ever stuck, indeed today's route network is almost identical to that of British Midland in 2000, just increased frequencies, lower fares and Prague. So we've really gone full circle. Ryanair are the future of the airport in terms of shorthaul; they have the lowest costs, a strong balance sheet and are committed to growth. I don't know about nine aircraft, but certainly significant expansion is more likely to come from FR than WW, sadly.
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