Originally Posted by
cabot
I noticed today Monday 7th July according to the BAA Glasgow website 4 long haul TCX flights ...... it seems a huge amount of seats for just one day.
It is normal for the IT operators to switch some resources in July from the English to the Scottish markets for a few weeks, to cover the fact that the Scottish market peaks earlier as their school holidays are some weeks earlier than England. Only happens for a few weeks, then the emphasis goes back to the standard bases. Some done by making additional stops on flights originating in England, others done by positioning the aircraft and not operating out of the English originating point for a few weeks. Tour operators have found, over time, that this is the most effective use of their resources to catch the peak demand and pricing in the two slightly different markets. The ability to charge peak prices more than outweighs the additional positioning etc costs.