2012
Monty Gordo
I have not crunched any numbers like I used to do in the past but using the known increases in the based aircraft of two x ZB A320's and one x Baby 737 based on load factors of 80% and 75% respectively then it should fall short of 2009 (9.1 Million) but well above 2010 and 2011 at about 8.95 - 9 Million.
Also a lot will depend on winter 2012 and what further IT's are consolidated this summer. It appears Aer Lingus regional will be increasing as well as TK of course with Lyon the only major loss at present 2500-3500 pax per month.
ticketondeparture
Yes unfortunately they will be using the CRJ1000 on the AF1564/5 in place of the A318, which is often upgraded to the A320. Certainly disappointing that this flight was chosen as the downgrade even if it is only a handful of seats.
I suppose with the latest AF financials a loss of less than 50 seats a day is small and it could have been worse. At least the RJ85's are a distant memory.
Pete