Southampton Airport to temporarily close on weekends
From the Echo - Airport bosses have confirmed that from February 6 to March 7 all weekend operations including flights will be suspended.
It comes as during this period the airport will only open Monday to Friday until 17.15 or 20.30 on some days.
Airport bosses said "this is an extremely challenging period".
The news comes as new documents revealed at the end of last week airport bosses stressed the need to expand the runway in order to attract new airlines in the future, prior to the onset of the pandemic, passenger numbers at the airport fell by 90% due to the collapse of Flybe. Now COVID-19 has exacerbated this situation further with the suspension of routes and reduced passenger demand due to the travel restrictions in place. This is an extremely challenging period for the entire aviation industry."
Reported that apparently any emergency medical flights from the C.Is will use RAF Odiham during weekends this month.