Beats me! I'm all out of ideas at this point and the crystal ball is on the blink. It would all be quite enjoyable and interesting if I didn't have a terrible foreboding that there will be unpleasant consequences in your and my world from all this.
I know easyJet did pick up some XL repatriations but it wouldn't be a particularly significant number and all the tickets were only £75 anyway so not mega profitable. What made the real difference was the appalling British summer weather again. Holidaying in the UK and camping have been fashionable for the last two years and the focus of a lot of media attention.
However, reality intruded, faced with freezing driving rain in a tent many people changed their plans at the last minute and headed for the med instead. High load factors of short notice passengers have flattered the summer profits greatly.
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