It wouldnt be a catastrophe, it would be business as usual until the last hour IF it were to go that way. There will be ways to get people home. It's been done many a time in the past without major disruption.
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Tenerife,Antalya and Dalaman to fly out today.
If the crunch point is this weekend, this will be a good indication if the deal is getting closer. It would be catastrophic to fly these passengers out if the bosses know they have no chance of securing the extra funds.
Looking at Severn's breakdown of Thomas Cook at BRS this summer at #336, and recognising that the winter is considerably less busy for them at the airport, I suppose it's not a completely wild guess to suggest that the airline handles in the region of half a million passengers a year at BRS - might be give or take 50,000 or so.If people have ATOL protection they will be flown home at the end of their holidays.
For the airport the loss of Thomas Cook would be a blow but no doubt eventually the capacity will be filled either by current airlines or new ones.
Hopefully none of this will happen.
I've no doubt that eventually the lost capacity will be replaced at Bristol either by Easyjet and TUI or by the eventual arrival of Jet2.That is a blow to the airport. Approx 1000 passengers a day i make it. As they are all international flights the guaranteed ancillary revenue for the airport in car parking and retail outlets Will take the hit.
If the chartered flight business model is under threat should other companies be worried?
3x A321's doing 2 flights a day is 1320 outbound seats. In terms of CAA stats it's outbound and return so 2640 seats every day lost for passenger numbers.That is a blow to the airport. Approx 1000 passengers a day i make it. As they are all international flights the guaranteed ancillary revenue for the airport in car parking and retail outlets Will take the hit.
If the chartered flight business model is under threat should other companies be worried?
Do any of the airlines mentioned to take up the slack left by Thomas cook actually have the available aircraft,staff or financial backing to do so quickly ?
Surely this sort of thing can’t be planned for by other airlines , it will be next summer at the earliest before some of these seats are replaced
saying all that, condor are all flying today. Same company... I don’t know what the situation is here.. I did read from an old friend and TC crew that they were bitter about this.. I don’t know the details..On a personal level it’s a sad day to see this brand go from the tourist industry.. I worked 5 years overseas for them as Sunworld, JMC and Thomas Cook.. the overseas team worked incredibly hard as did the airline team out of Palma..
I think it’s too early speculate on what next and echo the thoughts of others about those loosing jobs today and holiday makers getting home.
I hope in some way the brand can be saved, airline sold maybe and let’s not forget this a pan European company so much more gone than just the UK arm.
Very sad day indeed.
It's only the UK operations that have gone into liquidation and there is enough of a separation between the companies that they can continue to operate.A
saying all that, condor are all flying today. Same company... I don’t know what the situation is here.. I did read from an old friend and TC crew that they were bitter about this.. I don’t know the details..
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