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Old 8th Aug 2018, 18:19
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Unfortunately, the airport has a legally binding contract with Eastleigh borough council which was part of the agreement signed in 1990 to enable the airport redevelopment in the early 90s. This imposes extremely strict limits on activities during ‘night hours’, these being defined as 23.00 - to 06.30, and 07.30 on Sundays. The airport can, on exceptional occasions, accept flights later than this, for example emergency medical flights etc.

SOU is situated in an extremely urban residential area, Southampton being the third most densely populated city in the UK, with only London and nearby Portsmouth having a greater density of population.So, as I have said previously, SOU is far more like LCY in its location, and it’s operations cannot be easily compared to any other UK regional airport.
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