Originally Posted by
CALMSP
impressive! Is this expansion based on improved fleet usage or additional aircraft coming on board?
Well, I don't believe they have any new aircraft arriving. The third option you missed is the dropping of other routes, which they would do rather more quietly. A friend just noticed that BHX has gone missing from the schedules next summer (it was there and available for sale up until a couple of weeks ago). Don't forget they also dropped LHR-LCA which frees up one a/c for at least two shorter routes. Maybe there are more cuts/frequency reductions we haven't noticed. I expect most of those new routes to be two or three times weekly at most.