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Old 18th Aug 2020, 17:42
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I would suggest that LCY's 5.1 million pax puts them in a strong position to recover over time once business travel starts to grow from its very low current base. If its prime customer, the City of London, doesn't generate that sort of travel demand over the next few years then perhaps we're in deeper doo-doo as a nation than we think we are. Perhaps you think that won't happen, which is fair enough, but I believe it will as businesses will need to maximise their efforts to recover/strengthen existing markets and grow new ones. Just my opinion of course, but I cannot see video calls and conferencing taking the place of face-to-face meetings. SEN was still making progress in 2020 as a growing, 'new kid on the block' leisure gateway and has suffered a severe kickback to those ambitions. As things stand I definitely see their need of more diversified operations being much greater than that of LCY.
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