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11th Jul 2017, 13:09
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Posted By davidjohnson6

I would be concerned as to what happens to Flybe...

I would be concerned as to what happens to Flybe if Easyjet start flying from Southampton to places like Edinburgh, Manchester, Amsterdam, Glasgow and Jersey - ie the kind of year-round routes which...
25th Apr 2017, 19:34
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Just tried making dummy bookings on the...

Just tried making dummy bookings on the loloflights.com website - no availability on any dates it seems.
Suspect that unlike last year, the website is not really intended to be viewed as live
24th Mar 2017, 16:58
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Posted By davidjohnson6

How many times per week does Southampton see an...

How many times per week does Southampton see an aircraft capable of holding 150+ passengers ?
31st Dec 2016, 19:03
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Rivet - Birmingham and Manchester are both much...

Rivet - Birmingham and Manchester are both much bigger cities than Southampton which makes for a far larger demand for air travel and able to support greater competition. Please remembere that Flybe...
14th Oct 2016, 23:19
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Posted By davidjohnson6

I'm sure the team from Southampton had a fun...

I'm sure the team from Southampton had a fun evening at the annual industry black tie dinner wining and dining. Only 2 problems - what to do about the embarassing photos soneone took on their phone,...
21st Sep 2016, 20:09
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Rivet - I've flown through STN approx 200 times....

Rivet - I've flown through STN approx 200 times. Yes it feels cheap, but a lot of cash has gone into it over the last few years to tart it up. Stansted's airport infrastructure is fundamentally quite...
21st Sep 2016, 17:44
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Why would BA choose to put their spare aircraft...

Why would BA choose to put their spare aircraft in Southampton when they could put them in Stansted ?
Not saying SOU shouldn't happen - just that BA will pick which ever airport gives most profit...
8th Jun 2016, 21:33
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Ron - generally one counts both arriving and...

Ron - generally one counts both arriving and departing passengers when reporting statistics
18th May 2016, 17:43
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Presumably a Southampton-Poland route has to aim...

Presumably a Southampton-Poland route has to aim at a price conscious crowd, although perhaps not quite so price sensitive as maybe 5 or 10 years ago.
Does an E190 have the economics for such a...
1st Feb 2016, 08:24
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Posted By davidjohnson6

I used to live about a mile from SOU and would...

I used to live about a mile from SOU and would like it to succeed but...

Does SOU really have a big enough population within its catchment area to sustain an Easyjet base AND not end up killing...
17th Jun 2015, 22:54
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Eastern to Lorient

Eastern previously sold tickets for passenger flights on six dates over July/August between Southampton and Lorient.

These flights have now all been cancelled
12th Jun 2015, 18:00
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Disappointing though it may seem, is there really...

Disappointing though it may seem, is there really enough demand for a leisure route like Southampton-Limoges to be profitable in November or January ?
18th Mar 2015, 18:30
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Nakata - SOU and BOH are owned by different...

Nakata - SOU and BOH are owned by different commercial companies. Explicitly working together risks accusations of acting as a cartel and a trip to court.
16th Jan 2015, 00:57
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Is Southampton sufficiently far from Newquay in...

Is Southampton sufficiently far from Newquay in terms of both distance and time, to be able to justify commercially an air link in competition to the car ?

Not saying it can't work, just that...
9th Dec 2014, 18:38
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Posted By davidjohnson6

andy - I think Trading Standards with their...

andy - I think Trading Standards with their limited staff and budgets have bigger things to spend their time on than this. Flybe are a commercial company and in visiting their website, you should...
13th Nov 2014, 11:49
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Can we now conclude that routes from Southampton...

Can we now conclude that routes from Southampton to Brest, Clermont-Ferrand and La Rochelle will not be flown for summer 2015 ?
25th Oct 2014, 00:21
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Eastern have put on sale a route from Southampton...

Eastern have put on sale a route from Southampton to Lorient in Brittany for 6 different dates in July / August 2015. Anyone know what's behind this rather unusual set up ? Perhaps some aircraft...
10th Jun 2014, 22:26
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Perhaps MAG could arrange a significant increase...

Perhaps MAG could arrange a significant increase in frequency of the bus service between Bournemouth airport and the train station ? Would that make things a little more interesting ?
18th May 2014, 22:15
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Perhaps ILD for Lleida in the Pyrenees for skiers...

Perhaps ILD for Lleida in the Pyrenees for skiers ?
24th Apr 2014, 09:08
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Mediterranean beach routes

It's April, and many carriers are still in the process of releasing seats for winter 14/15. I imagine LCCs will begin releasing summer 2015 seats around September later this year.
Perhaps best to...
25th Mar 2014, 10:40
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Clermont-Ferrand increased from 1x weekly to 3x...

Clermont-Ferrand increased from 1x weekly to 3x weekly
Not 100% convinced there is demand based on passenger numbers in previous years, but whoever made the decision presumably has access to forward...
7th Feb 2014, 15:16
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Flybe are operating a charter for Neilson /...

Flybe are operating a charter for Neilson / Thomas Cook from Southampton to Lleida this winter every Sunday as well.
The only difference, is that flight times this winter are about 20 mins later...
5th Feb 2014, 19:44
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Posted By davidjohnson6

The link about route cancellations seem to refer...

The link about route cancellations seem to refer to the announcement made 2 months ago. Is there something new in the link that hasn't been widely publicised yet ?
4th Feb 2014, 11:01
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Posted By davidjohnson6

SOU and BOH are each owned by competing private...

SOU and BOH are each owned by competing private companies. Neither will want to hand their business over to a rival for free. Govt is not about to pay £100m+ to compensate for intended change of use....
29th Jan 2014, 15:33
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Would Vueling really want to go back to...

Would Vueling really want to go back to Southampton after having left not so long ago ?
Once bitten, twice shy...
28th Jan 2014, 14:00
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Posted By davidjohnson6

If Easyjet come to SOU, what do you think would...

If Easyjet come to SOU, what do you think would happen to Flybe on some of the fatter routes like Jersey or to Edinburgh / Glasgow ? Presumably these are of particular importance to Flybe's cashflow...
13th Dec 2013, 11:21
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Would owning both Bournemouth and Southampton...

Would owning both Bournemouth and Southampton airports really be acceptable to the relevant Govt bodies ?
25th Nov 2013, 23:41
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Wycombe - not saying that HAH would want Flybe to...

Wycombe - not saying that HAH would want Flybe to fail. More that in much of Surrey and north Hampshire there are a lot of wealthy people. If SOU becomes too well connected to other European hubs,...
25th Nov 2013, 17:50
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Suppose we assume 2 things: 1 - BAA / HAH is...

Suppose we assume 2 things:
1 - BAA / HAH is not going to see any significant monopoly inquiries in the UK for the next 10 years, having sold Gatwick, Stansted and Edinburgh
2 - Flybe is restored...
19th Aug 2013, 00:13
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Had a look at CAA stats - Bordeaux managed 392...

Had a look at CAA stats - Bordeaux managed 392 pax over 4 Saturdays or 49 pax per flight in middle of summer. Perhaps yields were stunning or a candidate for being chopped ?
25th Jul 2013, 22:45
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Posted By davidjohnson6

If Flybe use capacity for Thomas Cook at...

If Flybe use capacity for Thomas Cook at Southampton, does that mean that routes to leisure centric summer only cities in regional France (eg Clermont Ferrand) are candidates for being dropped ?...
3rd Oct 2012, 23:31
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Posted By davidjohnson6

After the coming weekend, are the...

After the coming weekend, are the Clermont-Ferrand and Inverness routes gone for good, or will they come back next summer ?
Yes, I am capable of looking at the flybe website, but on the CFE route...
21st Aug 2012, 07:43
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Nakata - a lot of new airports and routes for...

Nakata - a lot of new airports and routes for flybe there... opening them all might incur quite a high level of risk. Perhaps there is a smaller set of new routes that could be tried initially...
20th Jul 2012, 17:50
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Southampton has 600m more asphalt than Plymouth,...

Southampton has 600m more asphalt than Plymouth, has an ample sized terminal, well equipped in terms of infrastructure, is next to a substantial population centre, is well connected by road and train...
13th Jul 2012, 19:12
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Posted By davidjohnson6

Rivet - not trying to troll at all - just think...

Rivet - not trying to troll at all - just think that expecting LH to come to Southampton when other larger cities do not have FRA flights needs strong justification to be taken seriously.

You may...
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