LX-LGX wrote:Most of the subcharters were extra flights, booked after the allotment (that was booked last year) was sold out. Sales TUI (= the touroperator) has worked indeed very good during the first months, and TUI then is going for it.
I follow your logic, LX-LGX, but are you sure that all additional subcharters were only needed because TUI sold so much additional allotments? This might partially explain the number of leased aircraft we saw over the past weeks, but my impression was that quite some of those aircraft had to be leased because the delivery of their own 2 B737s had so much delay.LX-LGX wrote:TUI is only loosing money if, f.e., their own 767 has broken down and they have to subcharter an Islandsflug Tristar.
In that case, we are talking about putting chartered aircraft on flights that were supposed to be operated by their 2 new B737s which is, in my opinion, not really a reason to open a bottle of champagne!! (on the contrary, actually).
You should go to the Tui village in Zaventem or the Jetair building in Ostend to explain your theory, tehy would love to hear it, because there they aren't opening bottles of champagne, but adding numbers to see how much money there is left. Subcharters cost money, more then you earn with that flight, be sure.
