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Interesting poll perhaps as very few at SEN under our age Dave would have the foggiest at the association with Sir Fred at SEN & actually with STN too & then only in historical terms.
After saying that I did point out weeks past that it was a mistake to replace the Laker name over the bar with a quite boring generic name.
Possibly that may be one of the first queries of them then...as to why named so?.
After saying that I did point out weeks past that it was a mistake to replace the Laker name over the bar with a quite boring generic name.
Possibly that may be one of the first queries of them then...as to why named so?.
According to your best friend Google..... Laker often flew the aircraft himself. By 1954, Channel Air Bridge, his second airline venture, was flying cars and their owners in Bristol Freighters from Southend Airport (Rochford) to Calais.
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And let us not forget Freddie's manufacturing enterprises. He didn't just fly Carvairs, he developed them and had a stab at a twin turboprop (The Accountant) all at SEN (I hope I've got my facts right as these are from memory, not google).
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It always struck me as a nice coincidence that several years later Channel Airways' four new HS748s were registered in normal sequence G-ATEH to G-ATEK so providing a SEN link with the Accountant (and the dark rumours that the 748 was a rip-off of the Accountant).
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Well the wings, engine mountings and undercarriage installation and fairings certainly were. Avro bought them as a job lot. It's a matter of record.
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I think weight for weight the field performance of the two is similar but the improved fuel efficiency of the neo means that less fuel need be carried on a given sector which allows a corresponding increase in revenue payload. Maybe someone with access to the performance charts can give a more authoritative answer.
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Airbus has developed a short field performance package for the A 320neo called SHARP which includes Kevlar composite panelling.
Not sure if this is a package that EasyJet have signed up for though.
Not sure if this is a package that EasyJet have signed up for though.
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I think weight for weight the field performance of the two is similar but the improved fuel efficiency of the neo means that less fuel need be carried on a given sector which allows a corresponding increase in revenue payload. Maybe someone with access to the performance charts can give a more authoritative answer.
It appears to be a not dissimilar story with FR. It's clearly not an easy fit between their 738's and SEN. Yet they have obviously done much work to make their arrival possible, whatever solution they have come up with.
It is surely now the case that both these major airlines have demonstrated that SEN has a solid future that they wish to benefit from.
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I think weight for weight the field performance of the two is similar but the improved fuel efficiency of the neo means that less fuel need be carried on a given sector which allows a corresponding increase in revenue payload. Maybe someone with access to the performance charts can give a more authoritative answer.
Your answer makes perfect sense and falls in line with previous posts in the last year or two which have suggested that gains from the neo will significantly benefit operations at SEN. What I find encouraging is that EZY seemed to have moved quickly in placing two of their finest assets here, rather than use the airport as somewhere where their oldest 319's can see out their days.
It appears to be a not dissimilar story with FR. It's clearly not an easy fit between their 738's and SEN. Yet they have obviously done much work to make their arrival possible, whatever solution they have come up with.
It is surely now the case that both these major airlines have demonstrated that SEN has a solid future that they wish to benefit from.
It appears to be a not dissimilar story with FR. It's clearly not an easy fit between their 738's and SEN. Yet they have obviously done much work to make their arrival possible, whatever solution they have come up with.
It is surely now the case that both these major airlines have demonstrated that SEN has a solid future that they wish to benefit from.
I assume the Neo can see that payload limit reduced further as mentioned above.
I gather EZY are removing all their A319's venually from the fleet
What I find encouraging is that EZY seemed to have moved quickly in placing two of their finest assets here, rather than use the airport as somewhere where their oldest 319's can see out their day
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Air Malta
Sorry, can't post the link at the moment, but it seems it's not just Cagliari in the doldrums but Catania as well. Southend Echo website has the story.