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Old 10th Dec 2014, 13:46
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I wouldn't worry too much about duplication of Mediterranean sunshine routes by scheduled carriers. On forums such as this, we have an overwhelming tendency to focus on changes to scheduled services and often overlook trends in the IT charter space. What we have been seeing over recent years is a substantial shift away from IT charters in favour of scheduled flights. Destinations such as Kefallinia and Split have long been mainstays of MAN's IT portfolio. As patterns within the industry change, capacity to sunshine destinations remains in demand but customers are increasingly likely to find themselves aboard a 'scheduled flight' as opposed to a 'charter flight'. Initiatives such as Jet2Holidays and EasyJet Holidays will continue to drive this trend. The situation is not comparable to the Berlin and Madrid debacles we experienced in the last few years whereby multiple carriers launched services around the same time then hurriedly withdrew again.
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