Originally Posted by
AerRyan
Or do what all airlines do, allow bookings, and the discontinue booking closer to the time if a resolution has not been made.
I think the outcry is quite different if a couple of flights are involved or thousands of flights.
The main issue, however, is that the airlines will not want to have aircraft sit idle on the ground. So at some point when they cannot plan ahead they will need to enact a Plan B - and once that plan is implemented, no capacity will be left that could be redirected when the ship of fools in Downing Street come to a last minute solution. Hence MOL remark that they will shift capacity away from the UK at some point.
Originally Posted by
AerRyan
Few people book a flight that's a year away.
There is always a group of people who book as soon as flights are released. Hence the frequent question "When will airline X release its winter/summer schedule"?
Originally Posted by
AerRyan
Also, I can't see any Ryanair routes for sale for next summer.
That's why MOL was mentioning September 2018. However, most airlines release flights 360 days in advance. Try BA, for example.