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Having had some horrible experiences at LTN in the past year, I decided to use EZY from SEN despite living north of LTN
As the flights were on a Saturday figured the M25 would be OK
What a great decision , Stobart may have issues running an airline but the airport is fantastic ! No queues , security staff who were friendly...car park £60 for a week and two mins from terminal.
And on return 12 mins from chocks on to walking out with my bags, they had as many border staff as LTN does
The airport is great and as , hopefully, more people get to experience it then the word will get out there
Well done STOBART
As the flights were on a Saturday figured the M25 would be OK
What a great decision , Stobart may have issues running an airline but the airport is fantastic ! No queues , security staff who were friendly...car park £60 for a week and two mins from terminal.
And on return 12 mins from chocks on to walking out with my bags, they had as many border staff as LTN does
The airport is great and as , hopefully, more people get to experience it then the word will get out there
Well done STOBART
Thankyou for your response to your experience at SEN. It would be good if you posted it on the LTN page as well!
The airport is great and as , hopefully, more people get to experience it then the word will get out there
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Having had some horrible experiences at LTN in the past year, I decided to use EZY from SEN despite living north of LTN
As the flights were on a Saturday figured the M25 would be OK
What a great decision , Stobart may have issues running an airline but the airport is fantastic ! No queues , security staff who were friendly...car park £60 for a week and two mins from terminal.
And on return 12 mins from chocks on to walking out with my bags, they had as many border staff as LTN does
The airport is great and as , hopefully, more people get to experience it then the word will get out there
Well done STOBART
As the flights were on a Saturday figured the M25 would be OK
What a great decision , Stobart may have issues running an airline but the airport is fantastic ! No queues , security staff who were friendly...car park £60 for a week and two mins from terminal.
And on return 12 mins from chocks on to walking out with my bags, they had as many border staff as LTN does
The airport is great and as , hopefully, more people get to experience it then the word will get out there
Well done STOBART
Stobart may have issues running an airline ..... I would refer the Honorable member to their operation in DUB & IOM, so perhaps a "little" harsh as they are yet to bring the new jet operation at SEN fully in house ...... Please note Ppruners I did say a little as the start has not been the smoothest, but I just felt it worth a mention that the rest of the airline ticks on a treat
And Cork of course !
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That doesn't really surprise me. Remember a while back they were recruiting as they were going for expansion at ALL their uk bases. Don't ask me to look for it, but this was a post on this forum some while ago.
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Just appeared on Echo's website. They seem to have gone over the top on jobs for SEN!
Easyjet announces 1,200 jobs (From Echo)
Easyjet announces 1,200 jobs (From Echo)
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I can remember when Luton offered a Southend experience but that quiet non queuing experience now frustrates the folk here as they want more and more flights. So will there become a time when the people here say enough is enough as the queue times have hit 20 minutes or will it be let's just fill the place to bursting point?
I suspect most will vote for a repeat of the Luton today experience if they were honest as Southend will learn that they also suffer from a lack of acres. Some of the smug faced people here now who are shouting look at us might be horrified with what they end up with while others will just demand more and more passengers and sod the experience.
So the question becomes will Stobart turn away business if they can squeeze in a few more passengers through the front door? No they won't as they will have the same mindset as Luton management.
I suspect most will vote for a repeat of the Luton today experience if they were honest as Southend will learn that they also suffer from a lack of acres. Some of the smug faced people here now who are shouting look at us might be horrified with what they end up with while others will just demand more and more passengers and sod the experience.
So the question becomes will Stobart turn away business if they can squeeze in a few more passengers through the front door? No they won't as they will have the same mindset as Luton management.
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Flybe Spring 2018 on Sale
Stobart have certainly been quick off the mark releasing the schedule for Spring 2018 (31 March to 16 June) which goes on sale today.
DUB 3 x daily M,W,F. 2 x daily Tu,Th,Su. 1 x daily Sa.
GLA 2 x daily M,F. 1 x daily Tu,W,Th,Su.
MAN 3 x daily M,Tu,W,Th,F. 2 x daily Su. 1 x daily Sa.
CFR Tu,Th,Sa
GRQ M,F,Su
RNS Daily
BUD Tu,Th,Sa
DBV Tu,Sa wef 26/5
LYS W,Sa
MXP M,W,F,Su
PRG Daily
VIE Th,Su
ZAD Sa wef 26/5
No CGN, PGF, REU or VCE
EDIT: Revised to list direct flights only. Additional flights operate to GRQ at certain periods in April and May.
DUB 3 x daily M,W,F. 2 x daily Tu,Th,Su. 1 x daily Sa.
GLA 2 x daily M,F. 1 x daily Tu,W,Th,Su.
MAN 3 x daily M,Tu,W,Th,F. 2 x daily Su. 1 x daily Sa.
CFR Tu,Th,Sa
GRQ M,F,Su
RNS Daily
BUD Tu,Th,Sa
DBV Tu,Sa wef 26/5
LYS W,Sa
MXP M,W,F,Su
PRG Daily
VIE Th,Su
ZAD Sa wef 26/5
No CGN, PGF, REU or VCE
EDIT: Revised to list direct flights only. Additional flights operate to GRQ at certain periods in April and May.
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Having had some horrible experiences at LTN in the past year, I decided to use EZY from SEN despite living north of LTN
As the flights were on a Saturday figured the M25 would be OK
What a great decision , Stobart may have issues running an airline but the airport is fantastic ! No queues , security staff who were friendly...car park £60 for a week and two mins from terminal.
And on return 12 mins from chocks on to walking out with my bags, they had as many border staff as LTN does
The airport is great and as , hopefully, more people get to experience it then the word will get out there
Well done STOBART
As the flights were on a Saturday figured the M25 would be OK
What a great decision , Stobart may have issues running an airline but the airport is fantastic ! No queues , security staff who were friendly...car park £60 for a week and two mins from terminal.
And on return 12 mins from chocks on to walking out with my bags, they had as many border staff as LTN does
The airport is great and as , hopefully, more people get to experience it then the word will get out there
Well done STOBART
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Looking at the Flybe booking system, after 15 April there seem to be only 3 flights per week, on Mondays, Fridays, and Sundays.
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Indeed, Venice has gone and Vienna remains.
Are there gaps in the schedule still for the Embraer? It seems odd that RNS has been released as daily when the winter 17/18 schedule was revised back up to 9/10 weekly. Also there must be two ATRs required if CFR and GRQ are still around.
Are there gaps in the schedule still for the Embraer? It seems odd that RNS has been released as daily when the winter 17/18 schedule was revised back up to 9/10 weekly. Also there must be two ATRs required if CFR and GRQ are still around.
ErwinFCG
Yes, it looks like the higher frequency is perhaps for the Easter and May Bank Holiday periods. There could be increases for the summer peak months of course for many of the routes.
Yes, it looks like the higher frequency is perhaps for the Easter and May Bank Holiday periods. There could be increases for the summer peak months of course for many of the routes.
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Now that's an interesting response from someone calling himself LTN..man. If you are not sure it's usually easy to work it out or look it up. Especially from a poster who normally can't wait to have a knock at SEN, wherever that is😉
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Look deep my friend and find a hostile post about Southend from me.
Now look at my posts on the Luton thread as I tell it how I see it with no gloss or favour. Clearly you need to follow me a bit more carefully before making false accusations here.
UK airports I am OK with but some of those small European airports listed I am not. If people don't want to name them properly here to save a few taps of the keyboard then that is fine but I won't be searching the internet for the answers.
Now look at my posts on the Luton thread as I tell it how I see it with no gloss or favour. Clearly you need to follow me a bit more carefully before making false accusations here. UK airports I am OK with but some of those small European airports listed I am not. If people don't want to name them properly here to save a few taps of the keyboard then that is fine but I won't be searching the internet for the answers.
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No need for nastiness, we're all adults (or should be). I can't see what LTNman has done wrong, it was a fair comment.
CFR = Caen, GRQ = Groningen, PGF = Perpignan, RNS = Rennes, CGN = Cologne/Bonn, REU = Reus. Hopefully everything else is more mainstream
CFR = Caen, GRQ = Groningen, PGF = Perpignan, RNS = Rennes, CGN = Cologne/Bonn, REU = Reus. Hopefully everything else is more mainstream
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No need for nastiness,
I am sure there will be others that follow this thread but don't comment that will now know what airports are being talked about so I thank you for the answers.
