The BAL 737-200 fleet was becoming extremely maintenance intensive (which was the primary reason for their withdrawal) Also, the full deregulation of European skies didn't happen until 1997. By then, BAL was only flying 757's on European services and had tailored the fleet around the requirements of Thomson holidays. EZY were always positioned to make more of a success of low cost scheduled flying in Europe having been set-up with a suitable cost structure from day one.
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