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BOH has a big advantage with the length of its runway less restrictive operational times,enabling destinations and a full schedule for the based 738s.
SOU has the best transport links, and great location,it does however need management to promote and advertise its existing routes and to become more proactive in developing much needed new routes.
SOU has the best transport links, and great location,it does however need management to promote and advertise its existing routes and to become more proactive in developing much needed new routes.
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And with all due respect back to you,
to put it simply, if you have some 737-800 Pilot mates then just ask them if they can crunch the numbers for you on a SOU-AGP flight with 189 pax on, plus bags, and they will give you the answer.
Also ask them if they could do an immediate return to land with one engine out, or say a fire on board.
The Computer will say No.
It's too heavy and too fast and doesn't stop too well.
I trust that clarifies why.
Plus to confirm, Mr O'Leary said a few years back to the SOU Airport Management''We cannot go to SOU'' even with the Runway Extension.
I see that TCAS_FAN has already answered to you recently but I was going to quote his sage knowledge.
to put it simply, if you have some 737-800 Pilot mates then just ask them if they can crunch the numbers for you on a SOU-AGP flight with 189 pax on, plus bags, and they will give you the answer.
Also ask them if they could do an immediate return to land with one engine out, or say a fire on board.
The Computer will say No.
It's too heavy and too fast and doesn't stop too well.
I trust that clarifies why.
Plus to confirm, Mr O'Leary said a few years back to the SOU Airport Management''We cannot go to SOU'' even with the Runway Extension.
I see that TCAS_FAN has already answered to you recently but I was going to quote his sage knowledge.
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It is a depressingly short list despite the runway extension. I can name many an airport that will handle that many destinations in an hour.
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KLM have increased Amsterdam to 20x weekly flights from 31st March (3x daily ex. 2x on Sat). Drops back to 2x daily from 29th June - 25th August but the extra flights return afterwards. Good to see that they appear to be doing well, and the new schedule also just about allows a quick day trip to be made (plus it presumably also improves connection opportunities).
November's CAA figures are now available. Southampton handled 56,489 passengers in November 2023
For comparison:
Nov 2022: 54,704
Nov 2019: 121,436
Nov 2018 141,028
Nov 2017: 143,587
Predictions for Nov 2024? Will we see six figures again?
For comparison:
Nov 2022: 54,704
Nov 2019: 121,436
Nov 2018 141,028
Nov 2017: 143,587
Predictions for Nov 2024? Will we see six figures again?
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I'm not so sure how to read into those figures.
For the additional seats added, the increase in pax seems very modest.
Obviously, very early doors but intrigued to see what happens when easy's frequency increases and how sustainable the total pax figures are shared between two operators.
For the additional seats added, the increase in pax seems very modest.
Obviously, very early doors but intrigued to see what happens when easy's frequency increases and how sustainable the total pax figures are shared between two operators.
Where does the 1M prediction come from?
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The easyJet figures are 59% loadfactor on SOU-BFS and although you can't tell a split between LM and EZY on the SOU-GLA CAA stats, I'm hearing that easyJet's loads on GLA are modest and at a similar 55-60% level to the BFS. It will be interesting to see how and whether this builds.
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The easyJet figures are 59% loadfactor on SOU-BFS and although you can't tell a split between LM and EZY on the SOU-GLA CAA stats, I'm hearing that easyJet's loads on GLA are modest and at a similar 55-60% level to the BFS. It will be interesting to see how and whether this builds.
Its going to be interesting on how SOU get to the quoted 1 mill pax for 2024.
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The easyJet figures are 59% loadfactor on SOU-BFS and although you can't tell a split between LM and EZY on the SOU-GLA CAA stats, I'm hearing that easyJet's loads on GLA are modest and at a similar 55-60% level to the BFS. It will be interesting to see how and whether this builds.