SOUTHEND 5

[wethersfield]

TWS

The return flight is EZY 7404 eta SEN 1800 - it shows on EZY site but i think SEN arrivals board has missed it off.

[tws123]

Ok thanks! Thought it must have been a mistake, bit sloppy.

[tws123]

CAA January Statistics

(BE/STK) Caen - 181 (-75%) - no flights through most of Jan (resumed 17 Feb 2016)
(BE/STK) Rennes - 2,511 (-15%)
(BE/STK) Munster/Osnabruck 178 (-81%) route ended 6 Jan
(BE/STK) Groningen - 1,628 (+13%)

(EZY) Venice - 3,774 (+16%)
(EZY) Amsterdam - 17,081 (+21%)
(EZY) Berlin - 2,400 (-31%) - route ends 22 Feb
(EZY) Lyon - 675 (new route)
(EZY) Faro - 2,345 (-15%)
(EZY) Alicante - 6,033 (+29 passengers)
(EZY) Barcelona - 2,124 (-50%)
(EZY) Malaga - 3,110 (-22%)
(EZY) Lanzarote - 2,665 (new route)
(EZY) Tenerife-South - 2,600 (+5%)
(EZY) Geneva - 6,972 (+22%)

(??) London City - 57 (divert)
(BE/LOG) Dundee - 10 (divert)
(CFE) Pisa - 178 (divert) x2(?)
(LGL) Luxembourg - 43 (divert)
(SUS) Billund - 37 (divert)

Unaccounted - 454

This month: 55,056 (-0.4%)
Rolling year: 900,389 (-18%)

[mikkie4]

just goes to show what the extra AMSTERDAM flight makes ....could there be enough pax for a 4th flight on certain days or 3 flights every day?

[Barling Magna]

could there be enough pax for a 4th flight on certain days or 3 flights every day?

Certainly.

[tws123]

Need the 4th based aircraft back first I think.

[tayair6]

Stobart Group announced this morning that it has completed the sale of its 315,000 sq.ft. distribution centre at Carlisle Airport for £16.925m in cash, marking the successful conclusion of the first phase of development at the airport.

[davidjohnson6]

tayair - apologies if this seems confused, but it sounds like Stobart has now terminated their involvement with Carlisle airport and thus the chances of any flights between Southend and Carlisle has become very low indeed. Would you be able to help my understanding please ?

[tayair6]

That was He said -Chief Executive Andrew Tinkler commented: "We are pleased to have concluded this first phase deal with Gramercy. The transaction is in line with our strategy of realising value from mature assets and creating value for shareholders. We believe that this development will attract further inward investment at Carlisle Airport, securing and creating jobs in the area by offering cheaper logistics solutions at a location close to the Lake District and the border with Scotland. There is also the opportunity for Stobart Air to create passenger air services, attracting business customers who require fast, effective transport links and giving tourists more efficient access to Cumbria and South West Scotland."

[LTNman]

What they have done is sold the airport and then taken out a 20 year lease on the place.

[asdf1234]

Announcement in full

Stobart Group has completed the sale of its 315,000 sq.ft. distribution centre at Carlisle Airport for £16.925m in cash, marking the successful conclusion of the first phase of development at the airport. The distribution centre asset was held in SAD1 Stobart Air Development 1 Limited, a company which has been sold in this transaction.

Construction of the distribution centre, which was developed in house by the Group's civil engineering specialist Stobart Rail, was completed in September 2015. Carlisle Airport covers 460 acres of land, of which 212 acres is required to operate the airport. Stobart Group acquired Carlisle Airport in May 2009 for £9.9m in order to develop the remaining 248 acres for logistics, aviation-related and other purposes as well as developing passenger services at the airport. The distribution centre occupies 19 acres. The Group believes the development and sale of the first distribution centre will be the catalyst for future development at Carlisle Airport, which will attract inward investment and create sustainable jobs for the Cumbria area.

The Group has sold the distribution centre to Gramercy Europe Limited ('Gramercy'), a real estate investment fund for £16.925m and entered into a lease with Gramercy for the entire property for an initial term of 20 years. 260,000 sq.ft. is sub-let to Eddie Stobart Limited on a 20 year lease to provide storage space to service two long-term distribution contracts. The distribution centre was held in the Group's balance sheet at £14.8m and at the date of the Group's last published results it had not yet contributed revenue.

The Group is considering plans to introduce passenger services linking London Southend, Dublin and Belfast Airports. Stobart Group is working with the Civil Aviation Authority on runway and terminal safety designs in advance of refurbishment and the Group is also working with its joint venture company, Stobart Air, a regional carrier with the intention of operating flights to these locations.

The Group intends to return the surplus proceeds of asset realisations to shareholders and will announce its plans in that regard along with its results for the year ending 29 February 2016.

This transaction has justified the Group's perseverance, through a prolonged planning process, generating an excellent return and indicating that the Group's investment in Carlisle Airport will generate an attractive return for the Group's shareholders, in line with its stated strategy.

Chief Executive Andrew Tinkler commented: "We are pleased to have concluded this first phase deal with Gramercy. The transaction is in line with our strategy of realising value from mature assets and creating value for shareholders. We believe that this development will attract further inward investment at Carlisle Airport, securing and creating jobs in the area by offering cheaper logistics solutions at a location close to the Lake District and the border with Scotland. There is also the opportunity for Stobart Air to create passenger air services, attracting business customers who require fast, effective transport links and giving tourists more efficient access to Cumbria and South West Scotland."

[Expressflight]

Surely it's not CAX that has been sold - I don't quite know how people are reading that into the Stobart statement - but just the distribution centre that they have recently built on part of the airfield.

[SWBKCB]

I agree - sale and lease back of the distribution centre, not the airport.

[LTNman]

Yes indeed, after reading the report a couple of times it does read that way.

Please correct me if I am wrong but I don't think they own Southend airport but lease it from the council on a 100 year lease?

[vulcanised]

You are not wrong.

[highwideandugly]

Southend link to Lakes..

Probably the wrong thread,but according to my sources CAX will be closing For 2 months for runway drainage and other surface improvements.
So stobbarts do intend to push on..and flights to Southend are a possibility!

[vulcanised]

Meanwhile.............

Jet makes emergency landing at Southend airport (From Echo)

[tayair6]

Also does anyone know why this morning WX182 AMSTERDAM landed at SEN.

[rowly6339]

Just to clarify Stobart have sold the Warehouse NOT the airport. Tbf should this not be on the CAX thread?

[chesna152]

Originally Posted by Pain in the R's

Please do post again when easyjet brings in an aircraft past 2am because so far it has never happened.

Don't know if it is the airport that says no or easyjet saying no as they don't want to pick up a 2 or 3 hour overtime bill for airport staff who would have to work past midnight.

If the airport wants to save money on the terminal they could close it for part of the day in winter.

Pain in the R's I doubt you noticed but last nights Barcelona flight landed at Southend at 0318 this morning after a tech issue requiring a replacement aircraft to to flown to Barcelona. I said I would post when the next post 2am EZY arrival happens (as many have before). Hopefully this confirms to you that any diversions out for late running aircraft are made as dynamic operational decisions rather than the airports lack of H24 availability, and that your statement that EZY arrivals after 2am 'never happen' is simply not true!