Originally Posted by
Buster the Bear
Wizz are off to Leeds according to rumour.
Of the options available to them and the core catchment area of their DSA customers that would be an unusual choice because of its relatively awkward location to get to. If they were to drag and drop their operations to LBA the timings are in conflict with the arrival wave of the based traffic, and the fact LBA often suffer weather related issues in winter would give WZZ some challenges operationally. Those aircraft are on last sectors rotations so having aircraft stuck or diverting immediately gives them the problem of crew hours/divert cost, and if they wait for connecting pax coming from LBA. MAN isn’t a great deal further by road, and accessible by train easily, LBA isn’t so LBA isn’t the simple go to option, and it’s not where their core market is.
The more logical location for them to look at is LTN or EMA, both CATIII capable. EMA though is as awkward to get to from Lincoln as LBA is in either public transport or road, LTN’s traditional outreach to the east and East Midlands (as
Buster the Bear will be professionally familiar with) still works. There’s good reason why EZY/GO didn’t expand at EMA, and that’s because of the ease of access to LTN/STN for the pax.