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Expressflight
That certainly doesn't seem to be SEN's plan - quite the reverse in fact.
In the Report section entitled "Our vision for London Southend Airport post COVID-19" they say that they "intend to balance commercial revenues with a spacious, convenient, safe and secure environment" and that "lower costs will be imperative (to our airline partners) during the restart post COVID-19" and "we aim to offer airlines the most capital efficient operation".
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Sounds like so much bull s***. “Spacious” just means not sweating the asset so reducing revenue.
“Lower costs to our airline partners will be imperative” means either reducing staff so making them do more, reducing wages or taking a reduction in fees so making the ability to make a profit even harder. Any new reduced cost infrastructure will be built to the same standard as a portocabin.
Airports have learned to maximise profits they need to crowbar passengers through the front doors for ever cheaper costs. SEN seems to think a half empty terminal is the key to success.