Originally Posted by
RW20
Well what is the point of the runway extension?,indeed if there is a slim chance of W patterns ,the question is what does the future of the airport hold?
The original planning application stated the extension was to allow current type aircraft to fly further and without restrictions, to me nothing has changed from that. The whole talk of a LCC base has and always will be a fantasy, that's from both the airport itself and many people on this forum. The cold hard reality of it all is it just can't be done from SOU successfully, even with the extension.
The future is as it has been up until now, continued UK connectivity with a few bucket and spade routes thrown in, agreed the extension will allow for more of both of the above, but at what levels we'll have to wait and see.