Originally Posted by
cabot
if you are returning on 20th July ....... Seems bizarre to change your flying programme right in the height of the summer.
It is actually quite standard to rearrange IT programmes around this particular week, and it has been done for years, particularly those involving Glasgow and Belfast. The reason is that the season peaks earlier at these points than in England, where August is the peak month, due to the traditionally earlier school holidays in Scotland, which this year in Glasgow are 25 June to 16 August, whereas for comparison in London they are 23 July to 1 September.
So to take advantage of the highest demand it is normal to shift some aircraft resources up to Glasgow etc from June into July, then to move them back to England points for the end of July and into August. The destinations generally stay the same, it is just the UK departure points which are switched around