Originally Posted by wirgin blew
as usual those in planning don't notice when the holidays are on and forget to adjust the schedule
In fairness to the planners, that's not true. Holidays and special events are grist to the planners mill. All airlines, Tiger,
VB, QF, Rex, JQ etc.
So is profit.
100% seat factor in bound at the start of an event, and 100% outbound at the end, is a 50% seat factor. And the punters hate fares based on 50% seat factors.
So it's about squeezing capacity out of downtime or foregone maintenance.
Not, perhaps rocket science, but commercially sound.
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