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I’m not sure SEN was a mistake. Although some routes came and went by all objective measures the sunshine routes and Amsterdam were a roaring success. Loads high and fares generally same or higher than other London airports. This is the ninth summer season, if it was that bad they’d have been off after two or three.
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If you’re being sarcastic, there’s this little illness going round which makes things a little tricky.
If you’re not being sarcastic, I can see the issue in the short-term. All their network from SEN is subject to quarantine or will be soon, once schools are back demand will even more drop off a cliff. I can completely understand why they would want to retreat to their two strongest bases north and south of the river as it’s going to be a choppy two or three years. Just as BA have ditched LGW with return date constantly rolling back.
If you’re not being sarcastic, I can see the issue in the short-term. All their network from SEN is subject to quarantine or will be soon, once schools are back demand will even more drop off a cliff. I can completely understand why they would want to retreat to their two strongest bases north and south of the river as it’s going to be a choppy two or three years. Just as BA have ditched LGW with return date constantly rolling back.
All their network from SEN is subject to quarantine or will be soon, once schools are back demand will even more drop off a cliff. I can completely understand why they would want to retreat to their two strongest bases north and south of the river as it’s going to be a choppy two or three years. Just as BA have ditched LGW with return date constantly rolling back.
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Domestic routes from SEN usually struggled.
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Amsterdam, Geneva, Malaga and Tenerife all showed very high load factors from SEN and according to informed opinion at the airport made good profits. However, once space became available at LTN, LGW and STN I'm afraid SEN was always on a loser. IF SEN survives, and IF demand for air travel returns to the high levels of 2019 sometime this decade then SEN may grow again as the established London airports fill their slots. For now the airport has to cling on.....
by all objective measures the sunshine routes and Amsterdam were a roaring success.
Amsterdam, Geneva, Malaga and Tenerife all showed very high load factors from SEN and according to informed opinion at the airport made good profits.
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"Why did Easyjet shut 3 UK bases? Because demand for flights has been cut in half compared to last year"
Not suggesting just at the 3 UK bases tho of course?
Perhaps more in play than one simplistic sentence.
easyJet internal politics?...Since the absorbing of GO the LTN base wary always of a STN base with large potential in close prox.
SEN too was fully stocked on day one with 3 airframes,all aircrew & a number of routes transferred wholesale from the STN base.
"Why did Easyjet shut 3 UK bases? Because demand for flights has been cut in half compared to last year"
Not suggesting just at the 3 UK bases tho of course?
Perhaps more in play than one simplistic sentence.
easyJet internal politics?...Since the absorbing of GO the LTN base wary always of a STN base with large potential in close prox.
SEN too was fully stocked on day one with 3 airframes,all aircrew & a number of routes transferred wholesale from the STN base.
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A relative just had a week in Mallorca (LGW-PMI) with just 14 pax total each way. Is this the current norm? Or exceptionally low?
Post 1182...
"Why did Easyjet shut 3 UK bases? Because demand for flights has been cut in half compared to last year"
Not suggesting just at the 3 UK bases tho of course?
Perhaps more in play than one simplistic sentence.
easyJet internal politics?...Since the absorbing of GO the LTN base wary always of a STN base with large potential in close prox.
SEN too was fully stocked on day one with 3 airframes,all aircrew & a number of routes transferred wholesale from the STN base.
"Why did Easyjet shut 3 UK bases? Because demand for flights has been cut in half compared to last year"
Not suggesting just at the 3 UK bases tho of course?
Perhaps more in play than one simplistic sentence.
easyJet internal politics?...Since the absorbing of GO the LTN base wary always of a STN base with large potential in close prox.
SEN too was fully stocked on day one with 3 airframes,all aircrew & a number of routes transferred wholesale from the STN base.
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easyJet internal politics?...Since the absorbing of GO the LTN base wary always of a STN base with large potential in close prox.
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History normally dictates when an airline is taken over/absorbed the original base & staff suffer...albeit perhaps in a far shorter time frame of course.
EZY co-habit with RYR/EXS at say MAN...If they accept the battle was lost at STN then perhaps their heart was never in it to start...refer to my original post you quote.
SEN was originally the result of ONE director`s influence (& fine for the good times) who remembered visiting Southend Airport when a boy & was never a strategic board decision but when bad times arrive perhaps was never going to garner too much support...Perhaps))
EZY co-habit with RYR/EXS at say MAN...If they accept the battle was lost at STN then perhaps their heart was never in it to start...refer to my original post you quote.
SEN was originally the result of ONE director`s influence (& fine for the good times) who remembered visiting Southend Airport when a boy & was never a strategic board decision but when bad times arrive perhaps was never going to garner too much support...Perhaps))
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Easy have never been particularly good at fighting battles. They must protect Gatwick and Manchester at all cost. They have a good position at Bristol. Then Luton where they will be besieged by Wizz - not sure how that will pan out. That would be my strategy.
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The thing about London is that its in someways unlike lots of other cities in that you can spend 2+ hrs driving to one of the London airports even though you live in London. So easyJet closing their STN base doesn't mean that their STN passengers will follow them to LGW it just means that they will most likely look for alternatives.
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