What's all this "2 airlines at LGW" garbage being spouted regarding U2 and EI?
Take the 2 routes LGWAGP and LGWFAO.
Last year there were 4 airlines offering scheduled services on LGWAGP Easy/Monarch/BA and Thomson with market shares of 52%/24%/14% and 10% respectively.
The same 4 airlines were also present on LGWFAO with shares of 50%/21%/19% and 10%.
The only reason the Easy share is now so big is down to the acquisition of GB.
Prior to that, market share leadership used to fluctuate between U2/ZB/BA.
It would be foolish of EI to think that their only competiton at LGW was U2.
Quite frankly, it's a ridiculous idea doomed to failure. Easy has made its position quite clear with the increases in schedules on MUC/VIE for winter. They intend to drive EI out of LGW and restore some sanity to the marketplace as what EI is currently doing is commercial suicide.
