Originally Posted by
Expressflight
I think weight for weight the field performance of the two is similar but the improved fuel efficiency of the neo means that less fuel need be carried on a given sector which allows a corresponding increase in revenue payload. Maybe someone with access to the performance charts can give a more authoritative answer.
Your answer makes perfect sense and falls in line with previous posts in the last year or two which have suggested that gains from the neo will significantly benefit operations at SEN. What I find encouraging is that EZY seemed to have moved quickly in placing two of their finest assets here, rather than use the airport as somewhere where their oldest 319's can see out their days.
It appears to be a not dissimilar story with FR. It's clearly not an easy fit between their 738's and SEN. Yet they have obviously done much work to make their arrival possible, whatever solution they have come up with.
It is surely now the case that both these major airlines have demonstrated that SEN has a solid future that they wish to benefit from.