Originally Posted by
FFHKG
Google shows operating hours as 06.30 to 10.15. Previous discussion on this thread shows similar hours. Insufficient for a LLC based aircraft to able to get back in after third rotation without risk of diversion. Apparently, not unusual for late returns to divert to Bournemouth and coach back..... not something a LCC would want as they would need to relocate the aircraft back to SOU the following morning or coach the passenger to BOH for the first rotation.
Whilst what you say is true and whilst there are few (if any) examples in the U.K, many continental LCC bases are subject to curfews and restrictions. So it’s not that it is inherently prohibitive to the LCC model. The thing is, why SOU when many other U.K. airports offer greater flexibility?