Southend-2

[SKOJB]

No domestic EZY routes so my best guess would be CDG and AMS plus seasonal GVA and JER staying on with RYR servicing the sun spots!

[asdf1234]

Originally Posted by LTNman

The question is was Southend told by Easyjet that they were off or did Easyjet and Stobart hold negotiations and could not agree a new deal?

I bet the shareholders will be asking a different question along the lines of, "When exactly did you know Easyjet were off? Before or after we put in another £100m of our cash to keep the company afloat?"

[tws123]

I see that Ryanair's base at SEN now seems under threat too - https://www.balpa.org/Media-Centre/P...ary-pay-cuts-t

[LTNman]

So what would be left with no Ryanair or Easyjet?

[aurigny72]

According to a Ryanair SEN based pilot they are not pulling out. Lets hope he is right.

[LTNman]

I would imagine it will be down to how much money Stobart is prepared to pay Ryanair to stay as they hold all the cards.

[LTNman]

Southend Airport’s website is still showing no flights operating on their arrivals and departures web page. Is that really the case or has Stobart gone to sleep?

https://www.airport-technology.com/n...er-operations/

London Southend Airport in the UK has reopened its terminal to passengers after it was closed for three months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

[tophat27dt]

Originally Posted by LTNman

Southend Airport’s website is still showing no flights operating on their arrivals and departures web page. Is that really the case or has Stobart gone to sleep?

https://www.airport-technology.com/n...er-operations/

LSA informed me by email that whilst the current daily flights were rather haphazard with many cancelations, they would not keep that list up to date on their website.
Answer. Yes. Laziness.

[pabely]

Perhaps with the Lake District reporting a surge in bookings, now is a good time to relaunch the Carlisle route?

[Fly757X]

Derry~Londonderry with Loganair has been moved back to Stansted for the remainder of S20 and also W20/21.

[AirportPlanner1]

Gets worse by the day. The place will have no flights some days in winter the way things are going.

[davidjohnson6]

At most companies, when a major customer leaves, the staff, the directors and senior staff start to panic (junior staff are often not paid enough to care). Presumably that is happening now at SEN, but the PANIC! message just hasn't been communicated out yet officially...

[SWBKCB]

Perhaps with the Lake District reporting a surge in bookings, now is a good time to relaunch the Carlisle route?

Carlisle would need to re-open first. Notam'd closed until 20 August and no indication it will be opening any time soon.

[LTNman]

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/18560967.easyjet-quits-southend-next-

Looking at next May Easyjet are still showing Southend based aircraft, which I assume will eventually disappear.

Reading the comments the majority are delighted but I would think they are the ones who suffered.

[pabely]

Some worrying stats taken from the Gatwick thread Gatwick-2
where is Southend, below 6 pax, cargo & biz movements?

[chesna152]

Originally Posted by pabely

Some worrying stats taken from the Gatwick thread Gatwick-2
where is Southend, below 6 pax, cargo & biz movements?

Im guessing Southend’s statistics have been omitted as there were 8 ASL freight movements in addition to a number of RYR flights

[pabely]

Some better news https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/185...s-new-flights/

[SWBKCB]

So the new routes are those announced last year for this summer but not started - see #3643

The Evening Echo (God bless 'em) carries the Ryanair story now listing six new routes:

• Bergerac;
• Bucharest;
• Girona;
• Marseille;
• Venice Treviso; and
• Vilnius, in Lithuania.

The Echo quotes Ryanair’s Alejandra Ruiz: “Since the start of our operations in London Southend in April, we have carried more than 650,000 customers, and based on this success to date we are delighted to extend our services at Southend with six new routes for summer 2020. Our London Southend summer 2020 schedule features 16 routes in total, which will deliver 850,000 customers per year."

[aurigny72]

Originally Posted by SWBKCB

So the new routes are those announced last year for this summer but not started - see #3643

Just for the record Budapest and Vilnius have already started with Ryanair.

[LTNman]

You can be sure Ryanair will be paying nothing to Stobart and that Stobart will be relying on ancillary income to cover its costs. It could be a good fit for Ryanair as it will keep Stansted looking over their shoulder and grieving at lost passengers that they will see as rightfully theirs.