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Pain in the R's
A rumour started by you no doubt. I would call it a fantasy.
I cant see any airline like Jet 2,Easy etc operating a base out of SOU,first of all 737-800 operations area a non starter due to runway restrictions and obstacles,320 operations yes,but the airport opening hours restrictions preclude basing aircraft for operations. The main hope is W operations from european bases,this might happen in the future,but time will tale. SOU needs the Sun routes to make a profit,there's a longway to go before this happens.