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EDIT: The Echo 'newspaper' also has one of the Tower videos on its website.
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Just for the record it flew two touch and go circuits. Leaving aside the wisdom of someone taking a video, and I lean towards it having been unwise personally, it's worth having a look at and it was very impressive. Someone in the Tower at SEN shot both so searching on fb for Southend airport ATC should find it without encouraging the person who shot the other footage from the church.
EDIT: The Echo 'newspaper' also has one of the Tower videos on its website.
EDIT: The Echo 'newspaper' also has one of the Tower videos on its website.
EDIT: Someone just sent me the video you seem to have been referring to (I hadn't seen that one before) so, yes you are correct in what you say. The video I thought you meant was posted on a FB group and was taken from the churchyard so is a similar view.
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C-17 gaining familiarity with a relatively narrow runway prior to operating into/out of London City????
You’ve been all over the last few days. Hardly an airport in the south of England has not been visited by you. You didn’t seem too concerned about mortality rates when you gleefully reported that LTN had overtaken LGW in the current London airport standings.
Maybe I misunderstand you. Sometimes you seem to consider it’s your duty to veer away from your many informative posts to poke a sharp stick with the sole intent of a negative reaction.
And before anyone says anything, I plead guilty to being unable to rise above as I know I should.
Maybe I misunderstand you. Sometimes you seem to consider it’s your duty to veer away from your many informative posts to poke a sharp stick with the sole intent of a negative reaction.
And before anyone says anything, I plead guilty to being unable to rise above as I know I should.
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The Wizzair flights should have dried up completely now and I believe the Stobbart Jet Centre is closed as well. Can't see the point in staying open for Loganair only.
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Sense would dictate that they need to do what Easyjet and Ryanair are doing and preserve cash. Can’t see any point in keeping Southend open just to make their loses bigger.
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Very true. Enough to make a profit or increase the losses? Jobs are being saved though, which is important, so Stobart should be commended as many airports have shut down.
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Little did we know in autumn 2018, that the route would return for a short period of time - but in 2020 instead of 2019, and with an A380 instead of a Saab 340...
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<br /><br />One of the comments under the travel weekly article states that Wizz has confirmed the end of flights from SEN. Is this true? Has anyone else heard this? I certainly haven't.<br />
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commit aviation - thanks for the article you have just posted. It is a different article from the one posted by Buster. The first comment under the article posted by Buster started "Wizz has announced the end of its flights from Southend". Perhaps it should have read "suspension" rather than "end". I do hope so.
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And there àre factors outside SEN control. If we see some airlines fail and slots become available at LGW, STN & LTN, will WZZ, EZY & RYR stick around?
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Sadly I suspect the final Bucharest was the last we’ll see of Wizz at SEN. I just don’t believe the demand will be there to justify duplicating routes at LTN, SEN and LGW as well. Also, it was obvious SEN was overflow for LTN and I don’t believe that will be needed either. Throw in migrants having gone home and many likely won’t (or won’t be allowed to) return and you have the perfect storm.
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So long as EZY survive they will stick with SEN I believe, I’d say STN is actually more vulnerable as a base if retrenchment is necessary. The ease and convenience of SEN gives it an edge and (until FR turned up at least) I understand yields out of SEN were good. I wouldn’t be shocked to see FR ditch SEN.
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Lol.. in 6 months time this will be forgotten. Heathrow’s third runway will be kicked into the long grass , handy,for Boris that, Luton will be rammo this time next year and everyone will be whining about how they didn’t buy big oil shares at discount prices