Sadly the figures for VLM are pretty abysmal if correct, 34 for Antwerp and a further 175 for Hamburg. Unless this improve significantly in the next few months I fear VLM's second visit to SOU will be a short one.
Yes,hopefuly figures will improve. The route to Antwerp should have potential though. Southampton airport seems to promote the route on their website,but maybe they should not only focus on the city of Antwerp ,but on the whole area around that city.I believe it's currently the
fastest way from Southampton/Portsmouth/Havant/Bournemouth/even Farnborough areas to get in Belgium(Antwerp,Ghent,Brussels...) and the south of The Netherlands (Breda,Tilburg,Eindhoven,...). Also short
city-trips to Diamond city Antwerp and the rest of Flanders should appeal. A few years ago I flew from BRU to SOU for a business meeting in Havant .All our colleagues coming through SOU found it much more convenient to come through this airport than through LGW or LHR(what they did before)
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