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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Aug 2017, 20:26
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Does anyone with inside knowledge know when the...

Does anyone with inside knowledge know when the expansion plans will be announced? I know it was slated for sometime in Autumn. I noticed they have been hiring for project managers recently.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Jul 2017, 11:56
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Typical BE. Only wake up from their slumber to...

Typical BE. Only wake up from their slumber to defend their territory. I hope EZY come in and make the sun routes their own.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jul 2017, 19:39
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Anyone would be foolish to doubt that U2 would...

Anyone would be foolish to doubt that U2 would not open a base at SOU in a heartbeat if the facilities were in place. SOU is perfectly placed to cater for the capacity that LGW and LHR do not have...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jul 2017, 17:57
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Destinationsky: Of course it's my opinion, isn't...

Destinationsky: Of course it's my opinion, isn't that what a forum is founded on? If we all just copied and pasted links to facts I am not sure much conversation would break out.

SWBKCB: Stats are...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jul 2017, 12:47
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

The grinning goon mentioned in an interview that...

The grinning goon mentioned in an interview that they would be announcing plans for investment in the autumn. It seemed to be linked to the long mooted commercial development on the north east side...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jul 2017, 18:20
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

KLM

Bit strange that the summer holidays has any bearing on their schedule? Still lots of Asian students doing summer courses plus Amaterdam must have a big leisure take up for the holiday season? People...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jul 2017, 09:25
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Does anyone know why KLM have dropped to one...

Does anyone know why KLM have dropped to one flight a day? I would be surprised if they were not doing well on the route regardless of BE.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Jun 2017, 14:23
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

BEs results are for me a final warning to SOU to...

BEs results are for me a final warning to SOU to get their act together and invest airside. I believe having two aircraft of that size in at once is a big stretch for airside operations and for these...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Jun 2017, 10:56
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

TCAS FAN: Exactly what I was thinking. With the...

TCAS FAN: Exactly what I was thinking. With the grinning goon still at the helm (it has to be a decade by now surely?) I expect the stagnant and underwhelming progress to continue. Perhaps the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th May 2017, 17:54
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Vueling were using the wrong equipment. I went to...

Vueling were using the wrong equipment. I went to BCN earlier this month and it felt a bit silly having to drive to LGW to fly there. AE do have the same embraers that BE do so could make it work...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Mar 2017, 22:08
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

RW20: Hit the nail on the head. BOH invested...

RW20: Hit the nail on the head. BOH invested 50mil in new facilities with no real services to justify the investment. The difference? BOH is owned by an airport company. SEN is owned by a transport...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Mar 2017, 20:24
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Adfly: Great post. So close to the elusive 2...

Adfly: Great post. So close to the elusive 2 million mark! I do hope Volotea expand onto some more sun routes. AF back on the Paris route would also be good (follow KL's lead). BE are axing Orly but...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Mar 2017, 23:03
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Of course investment wouldn't fix the problem...

Of course investment wouldn't fix the problem completely, it would ease it though. The fact is there hasn't been any significant investment airside since the place opened. winding up in EXT or BHX at...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Mar 2017, 21:34
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Another day, 7 q400s circling, 100s of people...

Another day, 7 q400s circling, 100s of people just wanting to get home and SOU rendered useless because of some fog. Any sign of investment? Of course not, sod the customers, investment will eat into...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Feb 2017, 17:24
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

C-Series

Many in the industry have confirmed it to be the most technically advanced aircraft currently in the air. Not sure why airlines are not queuing up to take it to be honest. I guess all the uncertainty...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Feb 2017, 20:04
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Cloud1: As Adfly has pointed out, the increase...

Cloud1: As Adfly has pointed out, the increase means that there are now three departures within 2 hours. In your 'professional opinion' can you please tell us the business case for this frequency? We...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Feb 2017, 19:51
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

The point about it being business is valid but it...

The point about it being business is valid but it is hard to argue how this move is anything but spite. They have a long history of it at SOU. They have made numerous attempts to drive T3 off the LBA...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Feb 2017, 16:09
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

BE AMS

This sums up why BE are such a nasty little airline. AMS should not warrant more than a 3 daily rotation for them, especially now KLM operate two a day. They have effectively reduced the Paris route...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jan 2017, 07:38
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Make that 4 days and counting, all flights...

Make that 4 days and counting, all flights cancelled unti further notice. You seriously couldn't make it up!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Jan 2017, 23:34
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Wycome: Both good points. It would be interesting...

Wycome: Both good points. It would be interesting to know if calls are made by the airlines in respect of the lack of action by SOU (and the lost income they are regularly incurring as a result)....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Jan 2017, 22:10
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Wycombe: it's going to be a long way home for...

Wycombe: it's going to be a long way home for those people tonight. Sometimes you have to take things like that on the chin but the fact is that it happens too often at SOU, and not a word is uttered...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Jan 2017, 19:44
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

RW20: You can say that again! The airport has...

RW20: You can say that again! The airport has practically been closed for the last 3 days. To think some people on here say fog is a rare occurrence, it is so frequent at SOU it seems. Plenty of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Jan 2017, 18:28
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

TCAS FAN: do you think the removal of some of the...

TCAS FAN: do you think the removal of some of the Ford buildings would have improved the situation at all?

Does anyone know why the GVA flight was diverted? Not the first time an early afternoon...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Jan 2017, 19:24
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

TCAS FAN: Thanks for the informed post. Sheds a...

TCAS FAN: Thanks for the informed post. Sheds a lot of light on the limitations. I am not surprised at all that the MD claimed credit. If you read the article posted recently, he was directly quoted...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Dec 2016, 18:52
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Cloud1: Explain that to all the people who have...

Cloud1: Explain that to all the people who have had their bank holidays ruined by BE. People are paying to get from A to B, they don't give a hell about the problems you mention (which by the way are...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Dec 2016, 12:25
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Fog seems to have cleared up but various flights...

Fog seems to have cleared up but various flights still cancelled. Can anyone explain why these flights are cancelled? Düsseldorf is cancelled for the second day in a row. Not great from BE yet again....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Dec 2016, 15:44
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Yes the facts currently point to it being a hard...

Yes the facts currently point to it being a hard fix but at the end of the day an airport being closed for a full day because of some fog is pathetic. Fog is predicted tomorrow which means two days...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Dec 2016, 12:35
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

No flights operating again because of fog....

No flights operating again because of fog. Meanwhile BOH is fine and taking the diversions. Can anyone confirm if conditions are any better in BOH? If I was BE I would be seriously annoyed by SOU's...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Dec 2016, 20:03
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Vectisman: That is simply not true, in fact I am...

Vectisman: That is simply not true, in fact I am a vocal supporter of SOU and believe it to be an untapped goldmine. If I blow of some steam at the frustration that SOU could have EZY operating a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Dec 2016, 18:08
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

The same grinning goon who has overseen a total...

The same grinning goon who has overseen a total lack of investment in the airport. Seems like he has been there a long time now. Anyone think it's time he is replaced with someone with some ambition?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Dec 2016, 18:21
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

All valid points but flawed reasoning. Investment...

All valid points but flawed reasoning. Investment may not solve the problem but it will improve it. I suspect the airside at SOU has not seen any significant investment since the airport was...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Dec 2016, 11:48
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

Fog

Yet more fog disruption today. Still no flights seem to be departing even now. This is simply not acceptable, can someone tell the management at the airport that we are now in the 21st century?...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Nov 2016, 18:28
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

The contempt in which BE show SOU is disgusting....

The contempt in which BE show SOU is disgusting. The three pillars of their operation were always EXT SOU and BHX and are the reason they even exist. Now their operation at BHX is receiving...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Nov 2016, 16:16
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

The F70s are being replaced with E175s. Expect...

The F70s are being replaced with E175s. Expect the route to continue on E175 and upgrade eventually to E190. KLM are strong in Asia and must be making a killing with all the Asian students that study...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Nov 2016, 22:22
Replies: 1,623
Views: 609,976
Posted By Rivet Joint

There was a 737-800 on stand 14 during the week...

There was a 737-800 on stand 14 during the week with winglets. They could always build the apron to the west of the airport that was suppose to be built by 2015? Taking a bus to a plane is not that...
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