How would you seek to explain why two of the UK's largest charter carriers now provide no-frills scheduled services, while two other such companies have opted not to do so?
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How would you seek to explain why two of the UK's largest charter carriers now provide no-frills scheduled services, while two other such companies have opted not to do so? By Iain Dudley 6th December 2004 Introduction Charter airlines have dominated the leisure travel market in Europe for a long time, with 60% of all intra-European revenue passenger kilometres (RPK's) flown by UK airlines being flown by charter airlines (House of commons transport committee, 2003). However since the introduction of the European Third Package (1993) charter airlines have faced increased competition from "no-frills" scheduled airlines. Competition has led to charter airlines changing their business models to suit a changing market. This essay will seek to show why My Travel and Thomson have started no-frills scheduled services and First Choice and Thomas Cook have chosen not to do so. The Charter industry Air charter services are generally concentrated on international rather than domestic travel, the charter airlines...


