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Old 21st Jun 2009, 22:24
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Amelia Earhart
 
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Alicante Route

While the official figures don't come out until the middle of next month, anecdotal evidence and a quick scout of the Ryanair website would reveal that flights have been heavily subscribed on the outwards journey from LDY to ALC and less so on the return leg from ALC to LDY (which would imply that the population of the North West has decreased, at least temporarily).

Outward flights have above average Ryanair loading until mid July after which loading decreases but then increases on the ALC to LDY leg. In the next six weeks, at least 3 flights are already sold out with 2 more with less than 5 seats left, 1 with less than 10 seats, 5 with less than 15 and 2 others with only 20 and 25 seats respectively. That's a total of 13 of the 24 flights with above average loads with still some weeks left to sell seats.

The picture becomes less clear from August onwards so either everyone who wanted to fly has done so early or else a lot of people have left their bookings until the last minute. Either way it is too early to say whether the route will be a sucess to the point that Ryanair will reinstate the route next summer, but so far so good.
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