Originally Posted by
virginblue
Has there ever been a time when the airport was more dependent on one carrier than this summer? If I am not missing anything, this summer there will only be Flybe and Aurigny operating from SOU plus the occasional Volotea flight to Majorca. Talk about eggs in one basket (although I have to admit that some of Flybe's flights are franchised).
It partly depends on whether you think FlyLolo will operate their summer programme or not.
They operated to JSI last summer despite all the scoffing and derision on here, so I’m going to assume they’ll operate their expanded programme this summer.
That would give the airport:
Flybe’s scheduled flights
Aurigny to Guernsey and Alderney
Blue Islands to Guernsey and Jersey (Flybe franchise)
Eastern Airways to Leeds (Flybe franchise)
TUI to Palma, Ibiza and Mahon (the first two operated by Volotea, Mahon by Flybe)
Flylolo (8 destinations I think, some operated by Flybe, for the others airline tbc)
About 8 based G/A & business aircraft
Specsavers aviation M-F commuter flights to Guernsey and occasionally East Midlands
Capital air ambulance
Ad-hoc Bizjet and GA movements of which there are quite a few.
So not quite eggs in one basket, but yes, from an airline point of view Flybe are definitely the dominant carrier with probably 80% of the airport’s movements.