Sharklet_321
1/ At present, concrete will start to be poured this winter with construction taking 34 weeks
2/ not sure although imagine any routes of this length will still be load limited (aka SEN to TFS with EZY), if SOU can attract a few sun routes with EZY/Wizz etc, there could be some dilution with BOU. BE operating to the Med always had a very loyal customer base from SOU so you could see some leakage of pax from the New Forest and beyond to SOU if the airline offering and pricing is attractive and there are route duplications, vice versa local catchment will continue to use BOU for other destinations not served from SOU
3/ take off from 02 is circa 25% of all departures and the starter strip will not be useable for TORA, therefore issue could be with weight restrictions during these times