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Old 24th Sep 2012, 16:51
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davidjohnson6
 
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If an EU registered airline wants to fly between Southend and other points in the EU, its aircraft are able to remain with any technical / safety constraints, and the airline pays Southend the published airport fees, is there anything Stobart can do to prevent such scheduled flights ? The only thing I can really think of, is that if Easyjet get a much better deal on airport charges compared to published rates, then no other airline would be able to effectively compete on the same route, thus ensuring Easyjet a de factor monopoly.

Could Jet2 make money on Southend - Malaga ? Very unlikely
Could Wizz make money on Southend - Poland ? Quite possibly

On a separate note, there is a possibility that OLT may fly Southend - Saarbrucken in the period around Easter 2013 to coincide with school holidays in Germany - heard this verbally from someone at Southend in a position to know last week, and also from a report about OLT in the Saarland news media. OLT do not seem to expect a large amount of Essex or even UK originating traffic on the Saarbrucken route.
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