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After the good news - I see there is a negative report on the Echo website this morning - "Flybe Passengers for Southend...…". What a shame that one unreliable aircraft is letting the side down. (I am assuming the problem was due to technical issues?).
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Just been to Malta and back and yet again Southend was a joy to use. However as mentioned by tophat27dt the 5 minute drop off is a joke. As a local I dropped my wife off and parked the car at the MILS down the road, with only about 30 seconds to spare I arrived at the queue of 5 cars in front trying to exit. The first lady had obviously gone over her time and was using the call buttons to sort it out, the barriers went up and 3 cars got out so the 4th car had the same issue as by now he was overtime. I think I eventually got out 8 mins over my time, the barrier went down behind me and I watched as the next person then had to call the attendant (and a long queue had formed behind him) What a joke and surely now a full time job for someone to keep answering the barrier call button! just put it back to 15 or even 10 mins. 5 minutes is just not enough time.
Yes, just use Long Stay 3 (the entrance is just behind the Holiday Inn) and drop off/pick up at the passenger gate at the far end of the car park. It's only a 150m walk to/from the terminal entrance. For the pick up you can generally stop behind the Holiday Inn while waiting to enter the car park to ensure you don't go over the 15 minutes free.
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It is inevitable that the free 5 minutes drop off will be ended probably for next year in favour of charging for all drop offs. It brings in income which is the name of the game but the question will be how much will the charge be and for how long? My guess it will be £2 for 10 or 15 minutes but it will be promoted as a lower charge than for a stay of 5 to 10 or 15 minutes.
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Travelled through SEN this morning during the morning wave and as I had expressed some concern earlier how they would cope with 4 easyjet Airbus plus the Stobart lot, I must say that I was impressed how smoothly everything webt at security and in the gate area which did not feel too crowded.
But who on earth decided to close the Cafe for remodeling during peak season. The queues at the new Costa were awful, with just one barista working.
But who on earth decided to close the Cafe for remodeling during peak season. The queues at the new Costa were awful, with just one barista working.
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Yes, just use Long Stay 3 (the entrance is just behind the Holiday Inn) and drop off/pick up at the passenger gate at the far end of the car park. It's only a 150m walk to/from the terminal entrance. For the pick up you can generally stop behind the Holiday Inn while waiting to enter the car park to ensure you don't go over the 15 minutes free.
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It is inevitable that the free 5 minutes drop off will be ended probably for next year in favour of charging for all drop offs. It brings in income which is the name of the game but the question will be how much will the charge be and for how long? My guess it will be £2 for 10 or 15 minutes but it will be promoted as a lower charge than for a stay of 5 to 10 or 15 minutes.
OMG it's mental. People jumping out of cars a half mile back down the ROW of tailed back cars to drag cases over rubble soft verges and grass. It's nuts.
Please tell me SEN are not going down that stupid route. It's bonkers!
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I was just having a look at the SEN website Departures / Arrivals for today and I see that there are two round-trips to Cologne - that would appear to be jolly good news??. On a less positive note I see that the poor old Milan Malpensa flight has been hit by delays again - this route always seems to be one of the first to lose out on punctuality!!
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I believe that this route is usually operated by an Embraer, and given the current difficulties with that fleet, it is instead being operated by an ATR with a smaller capacity. The fact that two flights are required to cater for the number of passengers however is presumably good news.
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CGN has been operated regularly with an ATR72 at least since the end of May.
Could be, of course, that it had been on sale initially with an E95 and this particular day had bookings exceeding the capacity of an ATR72 before the swap from the E95 to the AT7 was filed in the CRS.
Could be, of course, that it had been on sale initially with an E95 and this particular day had bookings exceeding the capacity of an ATR72 before the swap from the E95 to the AT7 was filed in the CRS.
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CGN was scheduled as an ATR on weekdays for July and August, with RNS getting the E195 normally heading to CGN. Sundays were still scheduled as an E195 to CGN as RNS operates twice daily at the weekend.
Still though, there must be more than 70 booked as has been mentioned. It looks like this was also the case for Lyon yesterday.
Still though, there must be more than 70 booked as has been mentioned. It looks like this was also the case for Lyon yesterday.
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I was on a weekday SEN-CGN in early June and back then it was already an ATR72 (also the days before as I had checked that on FR24 before my flight).
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So when it comes back on base does that now mean we'll have all three back on base or do we still have one away for maintenance and if it's still away, any estimated duration before it's also back at base?
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figures taken from another web site...
movements 3,196 up 35%
atms 1,614
business flights 263 up 416%
passengers 144,069 up 34%
domestic passengers 13,548 up 237%
atms cancelled 34
these are the figs for june ...july should be even better
movements 3,196 up 35%
atms 1,614
business flights 263 up 416%
passengers 144,069 up 34%
domestic passengers 13,548 up 237%
atms cancelled 34
these are the figs for june ...july should be even better
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mikke4 Have looked at the figures and I hope I cause no offence by copy and pasting them:
June 2018 figures (%ages are compared with same month last year):
Airport Movements - 3,196, Up 35.8%, highest monthly figure since before 2011.
ATMs - 1,614 Up 43%, highest monthly figure since before 2012.
ATMs Cancelled - 35 .
Business Flights - 263, Up 416%.
Passengers - 144,069, Up 34%, highest ever monthly figure.
Domestic Passengers - 13,548, Up 237%.
Individual Routes
Alicante (EZY): 9,091, down 20%.
Amsterdam (EZY): 15,225, up 12%.
Antwerp (STK): 1,359 -
Barcelona (EZY): 4, 586, down 4%.
Budapest (STK): 2,336, up 59%.
Caen (STK): 1,562 down 1%.
Cagliari (AMC): 1,775.
Catania (AMC): 2,164.
Chateauroux (IGA) - 120 Pax.
Cologne (STK): 2,889 -
Dublin (STK): 12,403, highest month on route.
Dubrovnik (STK): 1,711, up 64%.
Faro (EZY): 10,322, down 24%, lowest June figure since 2014.
Glasgow (STK): 4,581 - highest month on route.
Groningen (STK): 5,341, up 118%, highest June figure.
Ibiza (EZY): 3,735, up 9%.
Jersey (EZY): 3,596, down 10%.
Lyon (STK) -3,632, up 107%, highest month on route.
Mahon (EZY): 3,075, up 21%, highest month on route.
Malaga (EZY): 10,172, up 13%, highest month on route.
Malta (AMC & EZY): 5,711 -
Manchester (STK): 5,441 -
Milan (STK): 3,040, up 53%.
Murcia (EZY): 2,710, up 2%, highest month on route.
Palma (EZY & VOE) - 10,145, down 28%.
Paris CDG (EZY): 4,731, up 28%, highest June since starting.
Prague (STK): 5,332 - up 69%.
Rennes (STK): 3,360, down 16%.
Vienna (STK): 2,612, up 33%, highest month on route.
Zadar(STK): 1,127, up 6%.
Look at DBV and PRG. Tells me EZY aren't stupid, are they!
PS I know Alicante and Malaga tend to see-saw in regards to pax numbers. But given that EZY have pee'd me and others off by dropping their mid morning AGP flight in favour of a late afternoon departure, I am suprised to see it doing so well.
June 2018 figures (%ages are compared with same month last year):
Airport Movements - 3,196, Up 35.8%, highest monthly figure since before 2011.
ATMs - 1,614 Up 43%, highest monthly figure since before 2012.
ATMs Cancelled - 35 .
Business Flights - 263, Up 416%.
Passengers - 144,069, Up 34%, highest ever monthly figure.
Domestic Passengers - 13,548, Up 237%.
Individual Routes
Alicante (EZY): 9,091, down 20%.
Amsterdam (EZY): 15,225, up 12%.
Antwerp (STK): 1,359 -
Barcelona (EZY): 4, 586, down 4%.
Budapest (STK): 2,336, up 59%.
Caen (STK): 1,562 down 1%.
Cagliari (AMC): 1,775.
Catania (AMC): 2,164.
Chateauroux (IGA) - 120 Pax.
Cologne (STK): 2,889 -
Dublin (STK): 12,403, highest month on route.
Dubrovnik (STK): 1,711, up 64%.
Faro (EZY): 10,322, down 24%, lowest June figure since 2014.
Glasgow (STK): 4,581 - highest month on route.
Groningen (STK): 5,341, up 118%, highest June figure.
Ibiza (EZY): 3,735, up 9%.
Jersey (EZY): 3,596, down 10%.
Lyon (STK) -3,632, up 107%, highest month on route.
Mahon (EZY): 3,075, up 21%, highest month on route.
Malaga (EZY): 10,172, up 13%, highest month on route.
Malta (AMC & EZY): 5,711 -
Manchester (STK): 5,441 -
Milan (STK): 3,040, up 53%.
Murcia (EZY): 2,710, up 2%, highest month on route.
Palma (EZY & VOE) - 10,145, down 28%.
Paris CDG (EZY): 4,731, up 28%, highest June since starting.
Prague (STK): 5,332 - up 69%.
Rennes (STK): 3,360, down 16%.
Vienna (STK): 2,612, up 33%, highest month on route.
Zadar(STK): 1,127, up 6%.
Look at DBV and PRG. Tells me EZY aren't stupid, are they!
PS I know Alicante and Malaga tend to see-saw in regards to pax numbers. But given that EZY have pee'd me and others off by dropping their mid morning AGP flight in favour of a late afternoon departure, I am suprised to see it doing so well.
Last edited by DC3 Dave; 30th Jul 2018 at 21:35.