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Even worse, due to the French, it departed nearly 3 hours late so no doubt some overtime has been worked. The good news is that all other departures today are unaffected.
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I suspect from experience the pax were boarded and they awaited clearance in which case overtime would have been limited. On the other hand if pax were stuck in the terminal some money could have been made on extra bar sales
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Is the Bar open yet, Airport Web site says:
"Pleased to announce that WHSmith, World Duty Free and The Pilot Bar will reopen from early May - SKYCAFÉ is now open."?
Maybe a few extra coffees and pastries.
I believe they do have a small fridge though with a handful of bottles in it.
"Pleased to announce that WHSmith, World Duty Free and The Pilot Bar will reopen from early May - SKYCAFÉ is now open."?
Maybe a few extra coffees and pastries.
I believe they do have a small fridge though with a handful of bottles in it.
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Is the Bar open yet, Airport Web site says:
"Pleased to announce that WHSmith, World Duty Free and The Pilot Bar will reopen from early May - SKYCAFÉ is now open."?
Maybe a few extra coffees and pastries.
I believe they do have a small fridge though with a handful of bottles in it.
"Pleased to announce that WHSmith, World Duty Free and The Pilot Bar will reopen from early May - SKYCAFÉ is now open."?
Maybe a few extra coffees and pastries.
I believe they do have a small fridge though with a handful of bottles in it.
Goes to prove that you don’t necessarily need a range of airside outlets. The flight was sold out.
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Amsterdam and Faro re-launch today.
One to watch is the announcement by EZY of a base in Alicante.
The seat map currently shows 130 seats occupied to AMS, 39 on the return. FAO outbound has 174, inbound about 100.
One to watch is the announcement by EZY of a base in Alicante.
The seat map currently shows 130 seats occupied to AMS, 39 on the return. FAO outbound has 174, inbound about 100.
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if that’s the case that leaves four flights a week to Paris and a one-off charter day trip to Lapland?
How deep are the owners pockets?
Doncaster couldn’t survive with more flights than that in a day.
Unless something changes or someone has money to burn, how does Southend stay open?
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AMS isn’t currently on sale but again I wouldn’t be surprised to see it added in due course.
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Any amount of EZY away based flying as a stand-alone is not going to financially support the airport for long. They desperately require some basing by airlines that will provide regular footfall and will spend ancillary money at the car parks and terminal outlets
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Some time yet before tickets as Alicante will be another of their seasonal bases commencing summer 2024. I guess an announcement will be timed as EZY see fit (fingers crossed).
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Cannot see it happening next year but this is not random activity by EZY. If numbers work out then base possible. If they do not then choose what existing routes you wish to keep if any.
So, not exactly high risk for the airline, but a world of pain for the airport if it does not work out. So I absolutely agree they need some based aircraft by others at SEN soon, so long as the routes operated do not kill off the interest from the airline with the ability to lay the orange egg.
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Assuming that EZY are planning a base eventually, can the airport sustain the losses till then, and if a base does open, will they be able to make money out of EZY?
I would suggest that the likelihood is that SEN will have been sold by the time that happens and one would expect Esken to have absorbed future losses until any sale occurs. Probably the saleability of SEN and/or the price achieved could very well hinge, at least in part, on EZY having made a decision to re-open their SEN base or not.