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Old 5th Sep 2007, 17:42
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I had heard that some routes from NCL not performing as expected. In particular LGW, and routes in direct competition with Easyjet such as Malaga and Palma also suffering due to overcapacity.
Perhaps they are reviewing the situation before releasing routes for summer 08, just as Easyjet did before they cut capacity from NCL for winter 07/08 being the last base to release its programme. I seem to remember reading somewhere that Murcia could be the only Jet 2 route from NCL in 2008 !!! Hope this is not to be the case of course.
In general the summer of 2008 looks a bit bleak, what with the charter cutbacks, in addition it is quite concevable that Easyjet may not reinstate the 2 aircraft being removed this winter.
So not even the Emirates new service would go anywhere near making up the overall potential lost passenger numbers. Sorry to be so negative. Please can someone put more positive thoughts on my observations.
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