Originally Posted by
rog747
Apart from flying their 737-300's in and out of SOU,
Jet2 would need to look (most very carefully) at the 189 seat 737-800NG FCOM and Ops manuals for the performance figures for SOU's runways.
They might be in for a shock when they find they can't get anywhere near a full load on in, or out flying non-stop to Palma, or even Gerona.
I doubt that they would have the stomach to take such an economic hit on the obvious payload limits, or face an expensive pop in to BOH for fuel on the way...
Not gonna happen.
IMO a new Jet2 base could be, with my money would go to: LPL, MME, CWL in that order; with EXT or BOH as rank outsiders.
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LPL close to MAN (but not impossible) MME wedged between LBA and NCL with a tiny core catchment area, don’t see the logic. CWL next door to their newest base.
LGW is the only logical next step if there really is to be a new base and assuming they do not change their strategy to focus on much smaller bases.