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hedgehog50  Croydon 02 Oct 17 3.04pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Good old free market Exactly. Companies that lose customer because they are not providing what the consumer wants go broke. Whereas nationalised institutions can go on for ever however badly they serve the consumer, because they have no incentive whatsoever to provide a good, efficient, economic service and are propped up by tax payers money. Why do you think China abandoned the model?
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 elgrande bedford 02 Oct 17 3.06pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Good old free market And your point is,they have suffered mostly from European cheap airlines,air Berlin,Norwegian air.
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| Direwolf Lincoln 02 Oct 17 3.39pm |
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Originally posted by elgrande
And your point is,they have suffered mostly from European cheap airlines,air Berlin,Norwegian air. And of course Ryanair but lets not forget British operators like EasyJet and Jet2 as well.
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| elgrande bedford 02 Oct 17 3.58pm |
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Originally posted by Direwolf
And of course Ryanair but lets not forget British operators like EasyJet and Jet2 as well. Indeed jet2,have all but taken over from them at Birmingham,and the European ones at Gatwick.
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| Midlands Eagle 02 Oct 17 5.32pm |
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Originally posted by Direwolf
I do hope Ryanair don't get their hands on the routes. Norwegian Air and Whizz have been negotiating with Monarch over taking over their short haul operations but both dropped out. They might come back into the frame now and buy the operation from the Administrator at a much cheaper price
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eagleman13  On The Road To Hell & Alicante 02 Oct 17 5.45pm |
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Got 2 sets of flights with them, Xmas eve- NYE & then mid April. Had a look at flights same day roughly same times & prices have gone up 350%........'Kin rip-off
This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise. |
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Kermit8  Hevon 02 Oct 17 5.52pm |
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Originally posted by eagleman13
Got 2 sets of flights with them, Xmas eve- NYE & then mid April. Had a look at flights same day roughly same times & prices have gone up 350%........'Kin rip-off
Scheisse. Hope that report earlier that flight-only tix were not ATOL protected is wrong eagleman. Fingers crossed for you.
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| YT Oxford 02 Oct 17 6.19pm |
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Originally posted by hedgehog50
Exactly. Companies that lose customer because they are not providing what the consumer wants go broke. Whereas nationalised institutions can go on for ever however badly they serve the consumer, because they have no incentive whatsoever to provide a good, efficient, economic service and are propped up by tax payers money. Why do you think China abandoned the model? For 'nationalised industries' read 'football clubs'
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| Stuk Top half 02 Oct 17 6.23pm |
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Originally posted by elgrande
And your point is,they have suffered mostly from European cheap airlines,air Berlin,Norwegian air. They suffered more from North Africa and Turkey being no go areas in the last few years, for obvious reasons.
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IMilburn  Chiang Rai / Rayong 02 Oct 17 6.28pm |
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Flight only tickets purchased from 15th December 2016 onwards are not ATOL protected; this is confirmed on the monarch/caa website. Funds should be recoverable if payment was by credit card or if insurance is in place. Like eagleman13, I have a couple of journeys booked - one next week which I was able to replace with an Easyjet flight at little extra cost, and the other over the October half-term for which prices on Easyjet and BA are 2x to 3x higher .....
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| eagleman13 On The Road To Hell & Alicante 02 Oct 17 6.36pm |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
Scheisse. Hope that report earlier that flight-only tix were not ATOL protected is wrong eagleman. Fingers crossed for you. Mine aren't flight only Kerms(thank god)...altho the website I use(onthebeach) you buy your hols in separate parts but all form 1 single hols. I have had a pleasing email from them(otb) 7& DO have ATOL certs as well as paying by debit card. Will just have to wait 14 days as requested by OTB while they get stranded peeps back to UK. Good Luck to any other people also caught up in this mess.
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pefwin  Where you have to have an English ... 02 Oct 17 7.36pm |
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My son was meant to fly Monarch to train with Barca for half term. Between ISIS, the Spanish Military Police and Monarch that's a f***ing hattrick. Edited by pefwin (02 Oct 2017 7.37pm)
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