Routes
New entrants on established routes are welcome if they stimulate traffic, but I am a little concerned about the effect of EZY going head-to-head on a thin route like Helsinki and risking forcing the flag carrier off it. Especially when there are other routes crying out for a service. I would say it's a pressing need for MAN to get service re-established to some high profile EU cities to where there are currently, and unaccountably, no direct flights. Madrid and Berlin both being examples which were served by flag carriers for many years. The economy and profile of Manchester (the City of) can hardly be helped by lacking direct links to EU capitals, however good the airport's bucket-and-spade offerings are.
Last edited by roverman; 25th Nov 2009 at 11:32.