MAN - an airport over 1 hour by road from LBA will suffer MORE than Jet2's routes from the SAME airport?!
Thats about right...
Yes, as I have just stated Ryanair have had no effect on Jet2's operations at LBA so far. Just as Mr O'Leary stated himself that LBA has not had a real airline offering very low fares people previously had to travel to Manchester, East Midlands or Prestwick to get the low fares. The whole point of this is to INCREASE passenger numbers at LBA....(MAN-ALC down 28% in june, LBA-ALC up 15%)
Jet2 has a revised flying programme for next summer, yes Ryanair have a competitive advantage price wise but can 2 FR 737's really compete with 12 LS aircraft? Quite simply no they can't. As stated already Ryanair's measly 3 flights a week to Alicante has had no effect on Jet2's 14 flights a week. The two will compete fiercely but the airport has the catchment and finally the operator to grow and take passengers away from MAN.