North West. It's a fair point you make that available seats is a better measure than the number of departures.
However, although 250,000 extra seats sounds a lot, I reckon it represents a very modest 1.5% increase over the full summer season, even less than the 2.5% previously reported by someone.
I do find it surprising also if Ryanair accounts for two-thirds of that increase.
Do you happen to know what the increase in available seats is for Easyjet, given that they at least have an additional based a/c from June?
Shed, still interesting to read your list and shows why those of us labelled as 'glass half empty' merchants have been rather more cautious. With all the added flights to compensate, it's fair to say the picture is perhaps more complex than usual. For MAN to grow at a higher rate than the seats available will require increased LFs on key routes, although I guess there's still time for some more flights to be added in the peak season if advance bookings are encouraging.
Last edited by MANFOD; 27th Mar 2015 at 19:08.