Thanks for the replies and info, had a look at the performance data and as I suspected it does seem pretty close to being on the numbers, the average daytime temperature here is around +30 and with no airfield lighting nor navigation aids it's daytime and visual operations only
To compound matters the operator offers a free baggage allowance of 10kg in the hold and 7kg in the cabin, and excess baggage is commonplace here in the Philippines, and many of the travellers here (Cloud 9) are surfers travelling with their surfboards.
As I've just written to a friend "I'll wait for the operation to prove itself before I'll consider travelling on it".
Thanks again