With the sad collapse of the XL group, what does this mean for alot of the companies external customers, such as Olympic and Libra Holidays, along with alot of the specialised tour operators, who had capacity on many of XL's flights? Will it also mean staff reductions in areas such as ground handling etc. An airline the size of this collapsing can have a domino effect in the travel and airline industry. It is also bad news for holiday makers to Greece, both XL and Kosmar were the No1 UK operator to the country, serving many of the smaller islands, where the big 2 do not currently serve, or do from only LGW and MAN. It may mean that smaller airports such as BRS, EMA, NCL, GLA loose out on valuable routes.
It is a difficult time in the market and I wish all the staff the very best and just wish that the press would take these peoples feelings into consideration!
