Originally Posted by
RW20
Its about time you realised that SOU is in serious decline,and unlikely that things will change with the current owners and management team. Putting your eggs in one basket i e Flybe years ago has come home to roost. The limited runway length is not sustainable in today's world of airbus+ use. Unless there is radical change,the I give the airport a max of 5 years untill it is a housing/industrial estate
It grieves me to say I have to agree. There seems to be a policy of benign neglect. Unless the runway has a significant increase in length then the number of airlines with equipment able operate commercially from SOU will continue to fall.
This isn't just an overnight change, but a trend that has been going on for sometime. The number of airlines that have jumped ship in the last 18 months must indicate something.
But is there any response from the airport operator other than obfuscation? No.
Perhaps it's wake up and smell the coffee time.