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EZY now on sale to the end of the summer season.
It chops off the final Sunday of October, which makes sense from a technical scheduled season end date perspective but commercially looks poor as it prevents week-long Half Term breaks.
FAO remains 4x weekly with the unannounced gap. It has to be AMS, as it appears EJU would be prohibited from serving JER and certainly couldn’t do mainland domestic such as NQY.
It chops off the final Sunday of October, which makes sense from a technical scheduled season end date perspective but commercially looks poor as it prevents week-long Half Term breaks.
FAO remains 4x weekly with the unannounced gap. It has to be AMS, as it appears EJU would be prohibited from serving JER and certainly couldn’t do mainland domestic such as NQY.
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As has been said already they would have to be EZY aircraft not EJU so no chance without a W leg perhaps with the new JER night stopping aircraft.
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Article in The Guardian today.
With weeds on the tarmac, a deserted Southend airport looks to the future
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With weeds on the tarmac, a deserted Southend airport looks to the future
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Kevin the Carrot, the Aldi supermarket mascot and star of its festive advertising campaign, was pretty much the only passenger due to fly out from Southend airport this Christmas. And even he missed his plane.The airport’s security lanes and departure lounge are the backdrop for the budget supermarket’s pre-Christmas advert, a pastiche of a classic 1990s Nike ad featuring the original Ronaldo, in which the adventuring carrot is so busy kicking a ball around the terminal he fails to join his family on their flight.
Aldi has been one of the few morsels of festive cheer for Southend – and a precious source of revenue in a year in which budget airlines and cargo flights have deserted London’s sixth airport. For now, all scheduled flights have ceased, and management face an uphill battle to keep the business afloat.
Aldi has been one of the few morsels of festive cheer for Southend – and a precious source of revenue in a year in which budget airlines and cargo flights have deserted London’s sixth airport. For now, all scheduled flights have ceased, and management face an uphill battle to keep the business afloat.
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Anyone know when the outcome of Esken’s strategic review is expected to be announced at all...?
It's been mentioned that the aviation and/or renewables sectors of the business may potentially be put up for sale.
Source: https://www.flightglobal.com/air-tra...150901.article
It's been mentioned that the aviation and/or renewables sectors of the business may potentially be put up for sale.
Source: https://www.flightglobal.com/air-tra...150901.article
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https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/232...ghts-heathrow/
SOUTHEND Airport should take extra flights from Heathrow Airport to help it return to the heady heights seen before the Covid pandemic, its chief executive has insisted
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Well I have always asked what was plan B so maybe this is it. Could the realisation be dawning that low cost carriers are not heading over the hills to rescue Southend? It seems a bit extreme from targeting LCC to now aiming for the other end of the market. Of course this could well be the airport looking for cheap publicity to show the world that they are still here so I welcome it.
Last edited by LTNman; 4th Jan 2023 at 20:49.
