Originally Posted by
RoyHudd
SOU would be much better off competing with Farnborough as a GA hub. Great rail links to London, shortish runway, nice facilities for low volume traffic.
Or possibly developed as a housing complex.
FlyBe are not being resurrected in any shape or form in this country. Face it. SOU is time expired, as are many other smaller airports, MME springs to mind.(Sorry, bit blunt, but being a realist)
Location: Up north. I guess that goes a little way to explain your ignorance but not completely. As with any transport infrastructure it is there to cater for demand. What will never change is the fact people want and need to fly to Southampton. Its one of the fastest growing cities in the UK and 1.7 million cruise passengers alone outweighs most regional airport's potential market. So maybe think before you post absolute nonsense.