Originally Posted by
Sharklet_321
SOU's issue is not the runway length (assuming they build larger apron stands)....
It's the curfew.
No LCC can be based there unless they change the time that last flights can come back to base. Current curfew would mean very low utilisation or constant disruption and flights being diverted to BOH.
Indeed, which we saw this summer with the Skiathos charter going into BOH due late inbound and ATC - not much fun for pax who have had a long day having checked out of their Greece accommodation by noon (10 am UK time) and they then find themselves waiting for coaches back to SOU at midnight in BOH but had booked the convenience of flying from their local SOU airport!