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[LTNman]

This is why https://airlinerworld.keypublishing....ions-at-luton/

[SEN Observer]

Night Biz Jets

Looks like 4 months rather than 3; the whole of June, July, August and September.

[SARF]

Shame it wasn’t winter.. could have got the log burner going

[DC3 Dave]

I was beginning to think Stobart had given up on their 10 million pax pa ambition. It appears I was right.


Londoners love our airport | Echo

[asdf1234]

Technically...

Originally Posted by DC3 Dave

I was beginning to think Stobart had given up on their 10 million pax pa ambition. It appears I was right.


Londoners love our airport Echo

When Glyn Jones says that "technically" the airport can handle 15m pax per annum he is of course "technically" lying. 15m pax in fully loaded 180 seat aircraft would mean the airport has a landing or take-off every 6 minutes, 24 hours a day for 365 days per annum. Technically impossible for an airport that doesn't have a parallel taxiway or enough stands to accommodate the parked aircraft.

[rowly6339]

Sen to grow biz jet traffic from 1000 to 10000 by 2022, and grow the business into a group of FBO's in Europe.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...r-a-ch-447884/

[LTNman]

Gatwick, which is a good benchmark has around 36% of passengers arrive by train. Could the roads around the airport handle 10 million passengers? Luton has a dual carriageway from the motorway and still has major tailbacks. Also as a comparison Luton is using 38 stands for 16 million passengers with no spare stands overnight. How many stands could Southand have if the terminal was increased by a factor 4?

Firstly to grow business aircraft movements at Southend from 1,000 a year to 10,000 by 2022.

Must be their new fireplace that will draw in the aircraft.

[compton3bravo]

Glyn Jones does remind me of that wonderful Everly Brothers song 'Dream, dream, dream all I have to do is dream'. Nothing against Southend I flew on my first commercial flight from there in 1961 Channel Airways DC-3 to Ostend but just trying to be realistic.

[DC3 Dave]

New restaurants and bars heading to airport | Echo

Food for thought?

[Pain in the R's]

“We are consistently voted best airport in London

Probably because it is the least used but with Stobart looking for say 10,000,000 passengers, as the figures seem to change monthly, being voted the best airport will go out of the window.

[Planespeaking]

Originally Posted by Pain in the R's

Probably because it is the least used but with Stobart looking for say 10,000,000 passengers, as the figures seem to change monthly, being voted the best airport will go out of the window.

SEN in my opinion cannot handle 10m pax per annum. The local infrastructure and local residents could not accept that. However 5m to 7m pax may be possible and would help to return the £160m invested by Stobart into the airport.

Yes it has won various awards in recent years, and it would be nice if some of those posting acknowledged that fact without wishing it's fall from grace.

Remember just a few years ago it was handling less than 40000 pax a year, now it's a million and a quarter and growing rapidly.

I must confess when I look and read about the unfortunate state of LTN trying to cram more and more into less and less, then perhaps SEN being small but perfectly formed is not such a bad thing!

[mikkie4]

Well said....at last someone with some common sence

[SEN Observer]

Is g-fbef sick again? Glasgow operated this morning by a Bulgaria Air E190 (lz-var) and it's gone out again now to, I think, Lyon.

[DC3 Dave]

I think they needed 3 jets today (and from now on).

[SEN Observer]

I knew a third jet was due today but I fully expected it to be a Flybe E195. Very surprised to see a Bulgarian E190 roll in!!

[Expressflight]

A short term fill in until the third Flybe 195, suggested as being G-FBEN, becomes available I think.

[tws123]

Any reason why all the Loganair Carlisle flights are showing as sold out including BHD and DUB? Surely not dropped before starting?

[fatmed]

What dates are you looking at. They are showing as sold out until 4th June which is when the route starts and then available after that

[DC3 Dave]

Originally Posted by fatmed

What dates are you looking at. They are showing as sold out until 4th June which is when the route starts and then available after that

No, all SEN-CAX are sold out for June. CAX-SEN all £146.50. Concerning, hope it's just a glitch.

[Andy_S]

Well, it's all kicking off at Stobart Group. Tinkler is trying to bring down the Chairman, while other directors have threatened to quit if the Chairman is forced out.

Score settling? Tinkler trying to make a comeback?