Originally Posted by
LTNman
Southend success was based on other airports having capacity issues, which even Stobart played on. Those issues have been removed.
That is the crux of the problem which means that SEN is likely to fare worse than other LON airports during the recovery period. There will be so many other options available once the market starts to show increased activity, whenever that may be and it's a brave man who predicts a timescale for that. Warwick Brady's optimism that airlines will want to "capitalise on on these well-established (EZY) profitable routes" is a bold assumption when consolidation is likely to figure strongly in the plans of his target airlines. Ryanair could increase frequencies at SEN for Summer 2021(?) to soak up the previous easyJet market for which SEN is its natural departure airport or maybe not. The fact is that on one can say with any degree of confidence, in this unprecedented situation, what will happen and when. Stobart don't even have the capability now of taking on routes themselves as part of a SEN recovery. Hard times ahead I'm afraid.