Originally Posted by
stewyb
Passenger traffic has grown too quickly for infrastructure and facilities in place, this is now becoming clear and the airport is struggling to clear through security 500ish travellers per hour, that’s roughly x 3 A320/737. As mentioned previous, the arrival of RYR has had a huge impact and just maybe Stobart’s eyes were too big for their bellies and unless a quick fix is put in place (at a substantial cost no doubt), the reputation that SEN has proudly built up will diminish rapidly!
The reality is that last year's 3 x E195 first wave departures have simply been replaced by 3 x B738 departures so not a huge increase in pax numbers as is being suggested.