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Old 6th Feb 2008, 21:50
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Luton down around 7400
Gatwick down around 3000
Stansted down 4000
Glasgow down almost 6000
Edinburgh down almost 5900
Liverpool down almost 7000

Gla/Edi/Ltn down because EZY cut down each route by 1 rotation per day, for whatever reason. Gla/Edi aircraft are being used for other operations at these airports don't know about Ltn. Lpl result of FR, but as you say general downturn in traffic which probably is normal at this time of year, but due to all the new arrivals we are keeping a close watch on events and its more apparent. As for FR they rushed into a new base at BHD in reaction to EI, and due to restrictions at BHD are operating really what services they could domestic UK. For instance STN arrived on their plate as the route was vacated by Air Berlin soon after their announcement. So they are probably sucking and seeing with relation to BHD. I always wonder why have they not tried out an extensive UK domestic operation from PWK before trying out BHD. There is probably not a lot of money to be made with all the competition on the domestic front. I would say there will be casualities before the summer kicks in, airlines vacating routes or at the very least a vast reduction in frequency. The problem is we could end up with FR at the city operating 3 flights a day to the Man/Bhx etc and likewise at BFS with EZY, no other carriers which could be a pain for flexibility.
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