Considering there has been little talk of fleet reduction from both mergers; Thomas Cook and Thomsonfly, my guess would be the same number of aircraft will be based by each merged entity in S08 as we have now in S07, with the airlines using the overlap to either launch new routes, or boost frequencies on existing services to provide a schedule more suited to the independent traveller. The only thing I'd imagine would be fleet rationalisation, ie same number of aircraft but also same type. If the MYT longhaul flights are a success this year, then perhaps Thomas Cook will look into EMA as a longhaul base for the future. It seems the big winner from this will be Servisair who have the Thomsonfly contract and are aggressively targeting a post-merger Thomas Cook as the company has a lot of business with MyTravel in particular.
Happy 5th birthday to bmibaby!
