Originally Posted by
asdf1234
Thanks for the illuminating comment A.P. You and SEN management are wrong to only consider an increase in PAX numbers as the only sign of success and future profitability.
Stobarts reportedly invested in excess of £100m in the airport infrastructure (how and where only they know) and their only future payback comes from commercial pax carriers?
A runway can be used by a myriad of users, from airlines to bizjets, flying schools to maintenance facilities, manufacturers to R&D. Yet SEN management only ever talk about pax numbers.
Go work out how much effort you need to put in to get a few quid in the bank for an EasyJet rotation and compare that to the effort and time invested in one bizjet or MRO movement.
Pax numbers is not a measure of profitability but that's all we hear from SEN management. I was right 4 years ago and very, very sadly I'm still right today. The mounting losses show that.
History may well prove you right. Time will tell. But given where we are today how is your vision of a successful airport going to be realised? Stobart's are not about to stick a huge boot under EZY and send them scuttling back to that big orange hangar at LTN. What will happen to that shiny terminal and station with its excellent connections to Crossrail and all parts of the capital? We are where we are. You may be brave enough for a 180 degree turn, but I don't see many others out there who would do what you advise. PAX numbers is NOW the only way forward, surely?