gosh in my Essex born Yoof late 60's/70's with mum and dad used to go to southend airport on a summers evening Fri or Sat to 'watch the planes' and have a drink in the bar or a full meal - as one did back then
Channel Viscounts BAF carvairs all lined up off to holiday destinations like far flung Palma Gerona Perpignan Dinard Basel Rotterdam and Ostend (many pax then got on a coach tour holiday to Spain Italy and Austria)
Lyons Tours were a huge Channel Airways customer
The 1-11 made an appearance for Channel in summer 1967 but the locals soon sent that packing to Stansted #TOONOISY
But Tom Hill Holidays and Pontinental used Transeuropa Caravelles to/from Palma and IBZ from SEN
back to today - Just reading about EZY's possible expansion into SOU with A320's (SOU Southampton)
I cannot see them being able to operate to/from there without payload limitations and underselling - I heard that Ops from SEN suffered the same - can anyone concur please
does the new A320Neo offer better short field performance?