SOUTHEND 5

[Spearman]

STK E195 captain and FO jobs

https://jobs.flightglobal.com/job/1401453233/captain-e195-stobart-air-/

[tophat27dt]

Originally Posted by Spearman

https://jobs.flightglobal.com/job/1401453233/captain-e195-stobart-air-/

So there's your answer folks.. Not E175s....

[SWBKCB]

As they're recruiting they're own crew, presumably not flyBe a/c.

So, next topic for speculation - where from?

[TartinTon]

Logically ex-Flybe. They've been looking to get rid of the a/c for the past few years.

[Barling Magna]

Well one place to start would be Embraer's own leasing subsidiary:

http://www.eccleasing.com/Pages/Embraer-195.aspx

but Nordic and GECAS would be worth contacting too. Many other options of course; maybe flyBE will prefer to sell one or two of their "legacy" E-195s rather than persist with some of the regional airport deals they have negotiated? Although those deals result in a sharing of costs, a sale may be more attractive.

[cumbrianboy]

I was under the impression that FlyBe now have work for all of their E-Jets and that they are all flying - they opened the new CWL and DSA bases with them and operate the sun routes from SOU and NWI and EXT ...

I'm sure it can't be that difficult to go an lease a few E-Jets on the open market ...

I also believe the new bases are doing rather well ...

[Andy_S]

Originally Posted by mudcity

I do find it perplexing the anti-stobart tone of so many postings, people seem to have very short memories.SEN was doomed as an airfield and without the investment from Stobart the airfield would probably have been lined up as a brownfield development site as so many airfields currently are.

Obviously in development terms SEN has come a long way with Stobart's investment, but it's not just about having a shiny new terminal with it's own railway station, much as that may please local enthusiasts. Remember that Stobart are a business with shareholders, and those shareholders expect to see a return on that investment. It's by no means clear, at this stage, whether that's going to happen.

[stewyb]

I think you can forget using any of Flybe's current Embraer fleet as they are fully utilised with most E195's tied in to long term contracts with Doncaster/Cardiff etc

[Planespeaking]

Originally Posted by Andy_S

Obviously in development terms SEN has come a long way with Stobart's investment, but it's not just about having a shiny new terminal with it's own railway station, much as that may please local enthusiasts. Remember that Stobart are a business with shareholders, and those shareholders expect to see a return on that investment. It's by no means clear, at this stage, whether that's going to happen.

Remember that it took LCY many years and numerous false starts in the beginning before it established itself.
It is frustrating that SEN has yet to garner good carriers other than easyJet, but give it time.

[Andy_S]

Originally Posted by Planespeaking

Remember that it took LCY many years and numerous false starts in the beginning before it established itself.

Agreed. It's worth noting, though, that during the period from the mid-90's to the mid-00's when LCY really established itself it was privately owned. No pesky institutional shareholders with their short term expectations to keep happy!

[mik3bravo]

Originally Posted by Andy_S

Agreed. It's worth noting, though, that during the period from the mid-90's to the mid-00's when LCY really established itself it was privately owned. No pesky institutional shareholders with their short term expectations to keep happy!

Dermot Desmond times

[DC3 Dave]

Being a critic of the Stobart Group does not make you anti-SEN. It's clear that there are plenty out there that believe that their investment was poorly judged, and they lack the vision to make the airport work.

But if that is the case it doesn't mean we who live in the region have not benefited from their investment. And there are many like me who believe the airport can go from strength to strength and the future is bright because of the investment (adequate return or not).

I often think about the incredible waste of public money called the Millennium Dome. Then someone came along who knew how to make it work.....

So if they sell up one day and leave with heads held high or with tails between legs, it doesn't change my view that without them the airport would have ended up as a horrible derelict brown field site. And I do believe they deserve success, because anyone who invests and creates something of value that benefits real people is OK by me.

[Barling Magna]

Precautionary emergency landing for the BA8737 E-190 from Frankfurt tonight, diverting from LCY. System indicating emergency brake failure. Normal landing completed.

Interestingly, in view of our discussions concerning the viability of new routes from SEN, there were apparently only 39 souls on board this LCY-bound flight.

[mikkie4]

flybe november pax figs just out,.....caen 794 up 28% Groningen 2112 up 26% rennes 3372 up 33% good numbers

[tws123]

S17

A few calculations for Summer 2017 shows there will be approximately 266 weekly flights (133 outbound, 133 inbound), which equates to roughly 34,400 weekly seats. This assumes the use of the 156 seat A319, 72 seat ATR72, 125 seat B717, and the 118 seat E195, plus the 4x weekly PMI EZY flight operated using a PMI based A320.

[viscount3]

i sorry am i missing some grey matter, i did not think A320 could operate out of Southend in the summer, how will it do the PMI flights

[fatmed]

Originally Posted by viscount3

i sorry am i missing some grey matter, i did not think A320 could operate out of Southend in the summer, how will it do the PMI flights

The A320 is PMI based and operates into Sen later in the evening when temperatures are cooler.

[viscount3]

thanks that's interesting

[tws123]

That is correct - the EZY A320 (in 180Y config.) operates on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday evenings:

PMI (17:50) > SEN (19:20)
SEN (19:45) > PMI (23:00)

[fatmed]

PMI 320 Also on Friday and Sunday's looking at the schedule.