Originally Posted by
MerchantVenturer
Although Bristol is outperforming most other airports in percentage passenger growth this year the charter sector is lagging behind.
A general trend. The charters are running away from the low costs into an increasingly thin market. Much of their old mass market, to Spain, has now been lost, as plenty of weekly charter flights are replaced by plenty of daily low cost flights. Faro and the Canaries are going the same way.
Places like Greece, Turkey, the slightly longer haul destinations where bilaterals still survive, and short-season flows like ski flights are their current strength, but that will change as well over time. One thing the charter operators have been good at is developing new areas for themselves rather than failing to adapt and being overtaken by others.