[QUOTE=tommyinyork]Companies like Airtours and Thomsons have become a ripp off in the past couple of months and no longer do the excellent deals they once did.
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Some folk who have booked last minute with High Street
Tour Operator’s airlines have secured excellent discounts.

I doubt these panic fares can be sustained though and
High Street flight programmes will be seriously curtailed
in the next few years.

The High Street could of course fight back by basing aircraft at airports they have neglected in the pass.