In short, no. TCX managers have gone a long way to stress in communications that we are not so much an airline as a transport division for the tour operator. Although we have some important independent contracts and seat-only tickets make up about a quarter of the airline's revenue, the airline is mostly responsible for providing capacity to TC tour operators' seat requirements. What would Monarch bring TCX? Another legacy group of employees to intergrate after a somewhat difficult merger where there are still some issues between the employee groups yet to be ironed out? A varied fleet of aircraft, not all of which are compatible with TCX? A large seat-only business? I could only see this being the case if TCX needed an increase in capacity or wanted to enter the seat-only market like Condor in Germany. TCX are reducing the fleet by 4 units for next summer, I'm not convinced why TCX would approach MON.
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