Originally Posted by
HeartyMeatballs
Well that's your opinion and mine is that a £250 high season last minute return flight for a week represents very good value. I never mentioned cheap.
Brexit and terrorism play only a part of the picture. How else do you explain terror hotbed Turkey being £400? Over capacity is a major factor.
A combination of massive over capacity, a temporary loss of confidence due to brexit related scare mongering, the inevitable terror rampage on the costas and the APD reductions north of the border will lead to very bleak times for NCL.
I forsee:
TCX being 2 only with no Avion Express and their extra capacity
Thomson will be safe at 3 aircraft
T3 down to 2 J41
BMIr - gone
EZY - gone
Jet2 down to 5 and then who knows. They've picked the wrong time to have shiny new planes come online. They're over stretched and vulnerable.
Ryanair and easyJet will serve NCL from their respective down route bases. A Ryanair base will be short lived.
So that's a loss of five based planes. Lots of jobs lost. The supply chain severely impacted. Still £20 returns.......
I think that adds up to 8 based aircraft. Who mentioned a Ryanair base. Jet 2 seem to be going from strength to strength. Why all the doom and gloom unless you are related to the bloke who predicted the end of the world and that aint happened yet!