I would imagine that for what is left of this summer the formerly operated XLA flights will most likely be cancelled, with the likes of passengers from Olympic, Libra etc being accommodated from other airports. Their passenger numbers on XLA flights were small, probably not enough to generate a full charter.
I totally agree nclpilot despite the down turn in the market, there still could be room for an independant charter outfit, who serve the needs of the smaller tour operators who do not have their own inhouse airline, such as Olympic, Libra, Mark Warner etc. These companies often specialise in smaller destinations, where the big two tend not to serve en-mass, particularly from regional airport. Destinations in Greece are well served from LGW and MAN, but they have also operated very successfully from NCL, GLA and BRS for a number of years, with loads to JSI, KVA, EFL etc very high all year round. The only stumbling block is whether anyone would set up an airline in this current climate and of course whether the smaller niche operators survive themselves. I for one hope they do......I have said this before, but the geordies and regional folk love their Palma's, Alicante's and Malaga's, but we also like to have a choice of something different. Summer 09 has only been on sale a short while, maybe we could see soemthing different from TUI or TCX?? Already J2 have branched out and announced SPU!