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GIVEN the frugal nature of the low-cost airlines business, it would not have been a surprise to find Tom Dalrymple, the boss of Flyglobespan, headquartered in spartan offices between the toilets and the check-in desk. After all, Stelios Haji-Ioannou famously set up his easyJet operation in a tin shed at Luton Airport with two desks and three phones. Instead, Dalrymple's command post is in the converted former Scott's Porage Oats mill in Edinburgh's wealthy Colinton village.
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Interview: Tom Dalrymple: Fly Me, I'm Ready
But there is one thing he does share with his competitors: a market that is getting increasingly crowded and tougher. In the past fortnight there have been new entrants such as Wizz Air flying to Poland and British Airways' revamped regional airlines business, BA Connect. Their arrival follows the demise of EU Jets, Duo, Debonair and others.
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