EasyJet doing their usual running away from the competition. Wasn't all that long ago they closed FCO in favour of NAP and VCE.
Going to take EZY some doing to get to a number 1 or 2 position in BCN, also one of their newest crew bases. On that basis do we expect BCN to be closed in the next year or two? And speaking of NAP, Ryanair has made a rather sudden appearance there.
The point being... it's just the nature of industry and EZY cannot realistically expect to be a sustainable number 1 or 2 at any more than five or ten airports. Wasn't all that long ago that HAM along with SXF were both the focus of future growth for them in Germany.
In addition, most of EZYs main European airports i.e. AMS, CDG, LGW etc. are slot constrained anyway with less flexibility and operational resilience. Do they really need to strengthen their position at such airports much further? Is now not the time they should be looking at other, smaller markets and regions?
With their current strategy, EZYs market share in Europe as a whole is going to suffer with the rate of FR, W6 and DY expansion that's for sure! Or is that somehow not so important to them?