The Prestwick-Fue flight has been discontinued, perhaps indefinitely or perhaps just for a short time. No idea why; any time I am at the airport, it always has a long boarding queue, so I don't think it's lack of numbers! Presumably they want the planes for another route that might be better performing?
Considering that most people pay for either 2 pieces of carry-on or checked luggage as Fuerte is a holiday destination, I find that a surprise, but perhaps they could run a shorter route (Dublin-Birmingham, for example) back and forth twice (DUB-BHX-DUB-BHX) in the same time, making more
Money and also having the plane at a new location at the end of the 4-5 hours? I don't work in the airline business, but I'm sure they have their reasons— they don't do anything that won't make
Money!
Very sorry for those who use the service, though, as I'm sure prices will shoot up on whatever other carriers remain available. I live in dread of them doing the same at Dublin: that's another flight that's almost always full, but who knows what their priorities are these days?
The Canaries might be able to negotiate a better deal to allow holiday-makers in the wake of Brexit than most places, though? They're already classed as non-EU according to the airport, who won't allow you to do shop and collect if it's your destination, presumably because of the tax situation. Maybe that will extend to airline travel, too? We can only hope.