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I suspect Geneva has gone because it was absolutely useless for business users. I used it once but then went back to the main London airports who give a service that caters for business users. Early morning out and evening back was required but the offering was a mid morning / mid afternoon flight that was very unattractive to people who fly to Geneva.
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Goes back to that much discussed topic here about a lack of early morning trains from London. It is all very well having an early morning Southend departure for Geneva but it is not much use for London businessman unless they want to drive to Southend.
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On the subject of Ezy route cancellations. Looking at Skyscanner the Ezy LGW departure is around £90 more tha from SEN. All the others are way more and not all direct from other UK gateways. Was their intention just to improve loads and revenue from LGW. I thought it was a good router from SEN. Am I wrong?
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In July the Geneva flights were 85% full. They won good support despite them not being suitably scheduled for business travellers. Originally set up to serve the winter ski resorts, this route has continued to be a success, obviously with ordinary travellers. But once again, like Krakow, they are being deleted from the SEN destinations list. No comments from EZY or Stobart on the decline.
Actually GVA didn't perform very well in May or June this year with load factors of 59% and 58% so perhaps outside the peak months of July and August the summer demand is not really there. Presumably it will return for winter 2015/16.
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countdown to publication of the interim results has begun...
In the Aviation division, passenger numbers are over 20% ahead year on year in the period to 31 July 2014. The passenger-related revenue per passenger has also grown by over 10% year on year. This growth has directly benefited underlying EBITDA. We have also been focussed on restructuring management and developing the airport's systems to make the airport operation more efficient. For the second year running the airport has topped the Which? airport passenger satisfaction survey with an improved rating, but there is still work to do in some areas. Based on known traffic, the passenger numbers may be flat in the next six months but we are actively working with operators to identify opportunities to bring further traffic into that period. For example, we have recently announced that SkyWork Airlines will be operating a twice daily new route to Bern starting in October 2014, after transferring this route from London City airport.
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Stobart Air, of which we own 45%, has recorded increased passenger numbers for 13 consecutive months up to July 2014, and we are working with the airline's management to identify further opportunities.
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Stobart Air, of which we own 45%, has recorded increased passenger numbers for 13 consecutive months up to July 2014, and we are working with the airline's management to identify further opportunities.
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Based on known traffic, the passenger numbers may be flat in the next six months
Should be quite a bit of growth seeing that Stobert Air have introduced 6 new routes to northern Europe unless they expect to struggle during the winter months.
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Should be quite a bit of growth seeing that Stobert Air have introduced 6 new routes to northern Europe unless they expect to struggle during the winter months.
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I was at alicante airport yesterday and the easy jet flight to southend was doing very good looked a full flight I wonder if they will introduce more daily flights on this . With the closure of manston at the moment there was a number of people from the kent area on this flight
There will be less easyJet activity this winter compared to last with no EDI, KRK, PMI or JER routes. There is an increase on AMS but I estimate around 53 weekly rotations this winter compared with 68 last year. That's a lot of capacity for the new Flybe routes to make up.
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easyJet will only advertise growth, not decline. Mind you, if I think back just three years or so I would have hardly believed that easyJet would base three aircarft at SEN....
Nonetheless, it's strange why they should give up routes with very high load factors like SEN to Krakow. Presumably some greater strategy at work.
It's also strange why Stobart Air haven't leapt onto the Edinburgh route abandoned by EZY which had shown consistent demand (although not enough for an A319) and would suit an ATR or Dash-8 remarkably well. The Belfast route also.
I'll bet I'm totally off beam here, but I can't help wondering whether the 10-year contract between SEN (Stobart) and EZY had some kind of increase in fees included in it from the airport after 2 years of operation, maybe a small increase year-on-year from, presumably, a very low base in year 1..... that would make SEN less attractive to EZY, but Stobart had assumed that other operators would soon follow once EZY had signed on the dotted line.....
Nonetheless, it's strange why they should give up routes with very high load factors like SEN to Krakow. Presumably some greater strategy at work.
It's also strange why Stobart Air haven't leapt onto the Edinburgh route abandoned by EZY which had shown consistent demand (although not enough for an A319) and would suit an ATR or Dash-8 remarkably well. The Belfast route also.
I'll bet I'm totally off beam here, but I can't help wondering whether the 10-year contract between SEN (Stobart) and EZY had some kind of increase in fees included in it from the airport after 2 years of operation, maybe a small increase year-on-year from, presumably, a very low base in year 1..... that would make SEN less attractive to EZY, but Stobart had assumed that other operators would soon follow once EZY had signed on the dotted line.....
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Gentlemen please - how many times have some of us to say it, it is not the number of pax on a flight it is how much they have paid, i.e. YIELD! The flight may be very well patronised but if most of those havn´t paid too much for the privilege. Now do you get it.
Regarding Krakow - I think I am right in thinking it is the most expensive airport regarding landing fees etc in Poland, one reason Wizz do not operate from there and also why easy pulled the Luton service some time ago and now the Southend route.
Regarding Krakow - I think I am right in thinking it is the most expensive airport regarding landing fees etc in Poland, one reason Wizz do not operate from there and also why easy pulled the Luton service some time ago and now the Southend route.
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ALC is not likely to be on the Ezy radar. A certain well known carrier has pulled out of mainland Spain totally. Load factors were acceptable but they could not live with the margins or yield if you prefer (wasn't unknown to be less than a tenner a seat, sometimes even in the land of negatives).
