It does raise a fair point as to whether that many empty legs represent optimal planning. A thousand plus block hours is quite a substantial cost, saving even ten percent would make a worthwhile amount. Before someone tells us it is all unavoidable, and really adds to the bottom line I would say prove it.
The article certainly pulls no punches as far as Thomas Cook are concerned.
The leisure companies have been having a tough time for quite a while now. TUI has not exactly sparkled over the last years either.
Amazingly Frenzel the TUI boss who has overseen a less than sparkling performance, has just had his contract extended another two years until he is 67.