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Old 29th Sep 2020, 21:27
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Buster the Bear
 
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The amount of debt all airlines are taking on from governments or via deferred repayments on leased aircraft which must be paid back with interest, the days of cheap airfares have mostly gone. The airlines that emerge past Covid-19 will be mostly free from the aforementioned. Should Southampton not expand to take the A320/737Max, the real estate is worth more than the long term profit for the landlord. Can Southampton carve out a niche? Ask me that in 6 months time. I certainly hope that it does, but relying on businesses to pay more and more to send staff, when Zoom/Teams can replace a lot of air journeys will certainly be challenged. Airports will simply have to hike charges. Not good news for consumers.
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