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Having a house so very close to the end of a runway isn't clever. It's only going to get worse as time goes by, but they chose to live in a house, at the end of a runway. First world problem!
Expressflight. Glad to read your posts again as I was wondering whether you had expired!
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As moderator for this thread (I only got it going again after the previous thread was closed down by PPrune administration for "personal bickering", etc), I ask you to keep your comments and views focused on the airport and the operations news from there, and not continue anymore with the personal bickering that is building up again. There are three main "culprits" who love to poke the stick in the ribs (I will not name them) and this must stop or I will close down the thread. Thank you.
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Flybe return
It has been reported that Flybe are to continue a summer seasonal route to SEN from Newquay from May this year 3x weekly. This would perhaps explain why EasyJet dropped it. It is yet to be confirmed officially though. Article: BTNews: The Business Travel News
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It has been confirmed by a Flybe spokesman so indeed seems to be true. Good to see a 3 x weekly service operating from May to September rather than the EZY short season offering last year. The A319 really was too large for such a route.
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Is this the route announcement you were expecting? In the long term this could be good news for SEN in terms of potential growth, but of course MAG will be interested now they've got the Dundee route with Loganair at STN - although we don't expect much growth from Flybe until they've balanced the books.
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Extremely interesting news, if someone had said Flybe were to operate an additional departure point from London I would have put SEN behind LTN and STN in that order.
Also interesting that unless they are shifting or dropping rotations from NQY to BHX/MAN, they need to find an aircraft from somewhere to operate this route as a w, either from NQY or even via a further unannounced route to SEN
I also wonder if this route is purely a standalone summer only tourist route, or a testbed for the future London terminus of the LGW operation once the PSO kicks in. I also wonder if this could be a pre-cursor to more substantial activity at SEN, perhaps BHD/EDI
The other point of interest is that Flybe (and franchise partner) will serve 4 London airports, but with just a single route at each
Also interesting that unless they are shifting or dropping rotations from NQY to BHX/MAN, they need to find an aircraft from somewhere to operate this route as a w, either from NQY or even via a further unannounced route to SEN
I also wonder if this route is purely a standalone summer only tourist route, or a testbed for the future London terminus of the LGW operation once the PSO kicks in. I also wonder if this could be a pre-cursor to more substantial activity at SEN, perhaps BHD/EDI
The other point of interest is that Flybe (and franchise partner) will serve 4 London airports, but with just a single route at each
I too wonder if there might be more to this than just the opportunistic picking up of a discarded EZY route. It will certainly be interesting to see the scheduling once the route goes on sale.
It's certainly not beyond the realms of possibility that they may look at SEN-EDI once EZY drop the route in June.
It's certainly not beyond the realms of possibility that they may look at SEN-EDI once EZY drop the route in June.
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maybe even Belfast-City or Waterford perhaps?
Also BBC article just appeared: BBC News - Flybe picks up flights between Newquay and Southend
and flights begin 17th May until 27th September as this article with Flybe marketing writes.
Flybe resurrects Southend flights after easyJet 'left passengers in the lurch' | The Cornishman
As these flights start the same date as the Birmingham flights from NQY does this imply a NQY based aircraft and therefore no extra routes from SEN?
Also BBC article just appeared: BBC News - Flybe picks up flights between Newquay and Southend
and flights begin 17th May until 27th September as this article with Flybe marketing writes.
Flybe resurrects Southend flights after easyJet 'left passengers in the lurch' | The Cornishman
As these flights start the same date as the Birmingham flights from NQY does this imply a NQY based aircraft and therefore no extra routes from SEN?
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Maybe, as Easyjet drop certain routes, airlines like Flybe with smaller aircraft will jump in. The only problem is what price will the air tickets be? Good luck to Flybe.
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Any indications of the type of aircraft to be used? EMBs or Q400s?
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February opening for terminal extension
The terminal extension is due to open at the end of February - £11.2 terminal extension set to open at Southend Airport by end of February | The Enquirer Newspaper
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Southend is Europe's fastest growing airport
London Southend Airport saw a 57.1% increase in its passenger numbers from 2012 to 2013, signifying the largest growth of any European airport.
London Southend Airport saw a 57.1% increase in its passenger numbers from 2012 to 2013, signifying the largest growth of any European airport.
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But whilst it's a great increase, any stock on the stockmarket, for example, is never able to continue with such a growth.....unless SEN attracts more flights this year, surelyit could end up a minus figure for 2014? (based on no expansion by EZY).
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Surely though while expansion in terms of routes always helps, growing load factor is the easiest way and as all these routes are still new they should show growth, DUB for one continues to grow and EIR has indicated it wants 4x daily in the future.
