Originally Posted by
Ejet1993
I work at sou and we all got told two days ago. It's because of low transfer passengers going onwards through amsterdam.
With circa 20k pax per month it's a well used route. KLM were filling most of their flights but the above would seem to indicate that there wasn't enough long-haul feed for them, possibly due to LHR's proximity as Sharklet 321 says.
The underlying point-to-point demand still seems strong though, given the number of pax flown by both KLM and Flybe from SOU.
Flybe's loads held up well after KLM's arrival, so no doubt this route will go back to being a money-spinner for them once the competition disappears.