Post Covid Update v3
Some movement of dates, plus the airport has finally began the slow return to normality with Loganair having started up on Monday...
Aurigny
- Normal schedule now to resume on 01/09 but subject to change.
- 14 weekly flights to GCI and 14 to ACI currently bookable from 01/09.
- 5 weekly 'essential travel only' SOU-GCI to continue as now until then. E195 being used occasionally to keep crew training up to speed and for higher loads as they have apparently picked up recently.
Blue Islands
- Has been an update over the past couple of days. 29 weekly flights to GCI now down to restart from 03/09. 23 weekly to JER due to resume from 20/07.
- 5 weekly (2x Mon and Fri) 'essential travel only' SOU-JER to continue as now until 29/06.
- 4 weekly SOU-JER morning flight is bookable between 29/06 and 20/07. Operates Mon, Weds, Thurs, Fri. Looks as though it is open to all passengers to book at the moment.
Eastern Airways
- ABZ (via NCL), BHD, MAN, NCL services to start from 22/06, LBA from 29/06 and MME now from 06/07. All 5 weekly Mon-Fri only and now all J41 except ABZ/NCL which is on the ER4.
- Full schedule is currently bookable out of SOU from 29/08, with the based J41 operating BHD and MAN getting swapped for the AT7 then (MAN 17 weekly, LBA 15 weekly, NCL 11 weekly, MME 10 weekly, BHD 7 weekly).
- I expect this will be ramped up sooner if demand picks up faster than expected, certainly for the likes of MAN.
- SOU-DUB start date is 23/07. Not bookable yet, nor has a frequency or aircraft type been confirmed.
- Discussion elsewhere including on the Aberdeen thread here seems to indicate Eastern opening a base at SOU from the end of July with both AT7's moving down here, now the Scatsa flying contract has ended for them. From what I understand so far they have been overnighting aircraft and crew from elsewhere. Booking engine does not reflect this yet but that is not to say it won't happen. Hopefully this will be some good news for the former Flybe employees in the area.
easyJet
- SOU-GVA on sale 2x weekly starting back up in December as usual.
Loganair
- Airline seems to have confirmed it's reduced schedule for June and July. Fares are looking high reflecting to lack of capacity available.
- SOU-EDI-GLA and SOU-NCL-ABZ both now operating, all flights on ER4 aircraft. The former is 4 weekly (Mon, Thur, Fri, Sun) until 11/07 when a Sat flight is added making it 5 weekly. The latter stays at 4 weekly (Mon, Weds, Fri, Sun).
- Full schedule currently due to resume from 03/08 (EDI 26 weekly, GLA 25 weekly both on AT7, NCL 18 weekly ER3/4) although this is likely still subject to change.
- Middle seats are blocked out on the booking engine for all flights at the moment.
TUI
- All holidays before 10/07 cancelled.
- SOU PMI bookable from 14/07 onwards at the moment.
- Current expectation is that UK tourists will be allowed into Spain from early to mid July.
- SOU-PMI on sale 2x weekly from May 2021.