Originally Posted by
Expressflight
Normally all SEN would have expected in such cases would be a few bizjets plus some for parking. Not this time though - the new management seem to have hit the ground running. On the Saturday and Sunday there were some 20+ passenger flights from/to MAD operated by Air Europa, Iberojet, ITA, Malta Medair, Horizont, Alba Star and TUI Nederland. Equipment was B738 & 738M, A320ceo and neo and B734. which transported some 3,500 pax. On top of this there were at least 20 bizjets parked overnight Saturday, all of which had operated revenue flights into SEN. Very few were accepted for away parking.
SEN was definitely on the map last weekend.
More the fact that Luton & Stansted were full rather than SEN being entry/exit point of choice.
In fact an IB was on the list for SEN but at the last minute switched to it's orginal requested airport LTN.
I still doubt, if London gets such an event again, SEN will be the airport of choice.
By that time STN will be alot bigger and Luton more likely to get it's ambitions realised as well.