Originally Posted by
Rivet Joint
To all posters do not feed this troll. He has copied and pasted the same post for a few years now. There is no attempt to engage in a debate or acknowledge reasonable thought. If you ignore an irritant it usually goes away.
The aviation industry is universally in a downward trend, even Ryanair are suffering and they are as economical as it gets. It does not take a genius to work out that Virgin will scale Flybe right back to the core trunk routes (until they can use it as a vehicle to feed their bases in MAN and LHR). It seemed like SOU had finally bit the bullet and realised that Investment was needed, and I personally am still reassured by the more concrete evidence that has materialised this year. I do agree that it has gone awfully quiet lately though. SOU will always exist as an airport for one very good reason, people want and need to fly from there (unlike a lot of other airports that have to pay airlines). The market is also very diverse, largest cruise turnaround port in Europe, one of the biggest container terminals, 2 large universites, various military camps near by, biggest oil refinery in the country, biggest city on the south coast etc etc etc. Everyone needs to calm down, the future will be orange as soon as the masterplan is carried out.
Its seems River Joint that you have the same tired reply as per year in year out. I am not a troll, and resent your ongoing attacks.I am however a realistic SOU observer.It is clear to many of the contributors on this thread that SOU has declined over recent years,losing airline after airline,it's potential never being fully realised. This the vital point!,it's potential will not be realised without investment which sadly has not happened,and increasingly looks less likely. However the owners may have other long term plans which might not be avaition minded.