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Old 25th Feb 2016, 19:36
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skyhawk1
 
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Think part of the downturn in numbers is more to do with the Tour Companies than the airport. Few years back you would have Thomson, First Choice, Sunworld, Sunset, Airtours, Aspro, Cosmos etc to name a few, others I can't remember, all fighting each other for business and trying to fill seats so plenty of late deals around. Now only 2 main ops TUI and T. Cook. Fewer flights, fewer options, less choice, not as many deals so prices stay quite high which the tour companies want. TCX had 4 x 757 based at one time and nearly went bust. Drop capacity but sell at higher cost or as a previous post states it's down to supply and demand. With the problems in Turkey and Egypt and flights getting cancelled would not expect them to go else where until other flights are filled up.
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