Originally Posted by
DC3 Dave
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.
EZY's A319's have derated engines and so they are not actually optimum for the longer routes that EZY are developing from SEN such as the Canaries etc - here the A320 can operate those routes with only a small payload limitation and lower op'g costs - As seen with more A320 ops from SEN...
I assume the Neo can see that payload limit reduced further as mentioned above.
I gather EZY are removing all their A319's venually from the fleet