Originally Posted by
cavokblues
Yet SEN, with a shorter TODA than Southampton's currently, had no problems whatsoever with Ryanair operating 3x 738s to the likes of Barcelona, Malaga and Faro?
Air Berlin used to send regular 738's back in the day. As did several other operators, albeit probably with capacity reductions.
The new runway isn't overly prohibitve to it operating out of the airport.
New runway length isn’t the problem, obstacle clearance off R20 (Marlhill Copse) is. This may change if the airport gets its way and has these trees felled/reduced