CIA-BGY is, the last time I looked, the 2nd most profitable route in the whole company, and they compete against the high speed train and trains in theory in this route with 4 flights a day. I think FR have admitted sometimes they just try a route completely randomly and it sometimes is a flop and sometimes is a great surprise.
Where are the next bases or bulk of expansion going to be? Lot's of aircraft coming in the next year.
I've checked the travel time from Bergamo to Rome by train, it's 4 hours 30 min.
From Valencia to Madrid with AVE it's 1 hour 38 minutes.
Quite a significant difference. (my own small research
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There is at least one EU country where many domestic routes could prove a success. Poland. Last year I've travelled from Tampere to Gdansk (Wizzair) and then continued by train. Oh dear! The shortest travel time from Gdansk to Wroclaw was over 7 hours
and back from Wroclaw to Warsaw 5½ hours. That's where a couple of bases should be created (should have been already). Next year they organize the European Football Championship there.
PS. And of course at least one base in Finland
