Regarding AGP and ALC, I agree lower demand in winter time but EI operated
4XAGP and 3XALC so an additional flight to these destinations each week should
not impact too much on their load and yield factors.
Thanks for the comment Gazmo,
I still think the increases will be from next summer and BFS management and EZY at one in terms of making sure a good story surrounds BFS business, as for both of them BHD is an ever pressing threat.
Aer Lingus did x2 to ALC last winter per week. The loads were ok but I dont feel that these routes much in the way of a return over the winter. Flew down a few times and loads were in the 90s on 320 and some coming back even lower.
I dont feel that easyJet or AerLingus for that matter make much if anything on winter flights to Spain/Portugal. Maybe the Canaries ok, but with such frequencies to AGP, ALC etc not much for anyone.
The schedule for ALC was very clever last winter and much more attractive than EZY so much so EZY have a similar one this Winter, ie late evening flights and good timing to cover a weekend! EI must have had an impact.
EI-BUD