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Originally Posted by runwayman
(Post 10550806)
Possibly some sort of announcement tomorrow
Also hanger being re-furbished in readiness for freight flights for Amazon. |
The first three routes are Bucharest, Sibiu and Vilnius, commencing in October and November. Should be on sale from today.
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Originally Posted by Planespeaking
(Post 10551329)
Reported by Reuters WizzAir to commence services with 14 flights per week from SEN. Also hanger being re-furbished in readiness for freight flights for Amazon. Anyone who's followed this thread over the last 2/3 years will appreciate how long it has taken to get here. https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/178...r-partnership/ |
Interestingly the Sibiu operates inbound on days 1/2/3/4/5/6/7 but appears to operate only outbound Days 3/7
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It’s actually 15 weekly - daily to Sibiu, 5x weekly to Bucharest (Mon/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sun) and 3x weekly to Vilnius (Tue/Thu/Sun). The Tue and Sat departures to Vilnius are at 17:55, otherwise the rest are quite late - 19:40 on Thu, Bucharest 21:25 and Sibiu 21:30. This seems good for the airport as it avoids peak and will allow retail/f&b units to open longer with more activity. |
New route Ryanair Bucharest
Just seen that Ryanair are also launching SEN-Bucharest as well in November at 5x weekly. Direct competition in response to new Wizz Air flights perhaps? |
Ryanair done the same at Edinburgh.
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Originally Posted by tws123
(Post 10551745)
Just seen that Ryanair are also launching SEN-Bucharest as well in November at 5x weekly. Direct competition in response to new Wizz Air flights perhaps? |
Ryanair have announced London Southend to Bucharest (5x weekly) and Vilnius (3x weekly)
https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/r...ean-expansion/ |
SEN based aircraft obviously so what routes are Ryanair cancelling to operate Bucharest and Vilnius?
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Originally Posted by 1sky
(Post 10551850)
SEN based aircraft obviously so what routes are Ryanair cancelling to operate Bucharest and Vilnius?
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Originally Posted by Planespeaking
(Post 10551329)
Also hanger being re-furbished in readiness for freight flights for Amazon. |
Originally Posted by LBIA
(Post 10551796)
Ryanair have announced London Southend to Bucharest (5x weekly) and Vilnius (3x weekly)
https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/r...ean-expansion/ |
So Ryanair quickly match Wizz on 2 out of 3 new routes. Poker? Chess? Madness?
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Guess there will only be one winner with two losers including Southend. Luton saw a fight between Ryanair and Easyjet on the Copenhagen route making it Luton's busiest route. As soon as Ryanair won the battle they retreated back to Stansted with their win leaving Luton with a few crumbs. It seems history is going to repeat itself with Southend also being a victim as it is already looking like Wizz could be in for a short stay which will be a big shame.
Stobart must be looking on in disbelief as Ryanair is now calling the shots. |
Originally Posted by LTNman
(Post 10551978)
Guess there will only be one winner with two losers including Southend. Luton saw a fight between Ryanair and Easyjet on the Copenhagen route making it Luton's busiest route. As soon as Ryanair won the battle they retreated back to Stansted with their win leaving Luton with a few crumbs. It seems history is going to repeat itself with Southend also being a victim as it is already looking like Wizz could be in for a short stay which will be a big shame.
Stobart must be looking on in disbelief as Ryanair is now calling the shots. |
Originally Posted by LTNman
(Post 10551978)
Guess there will only be one winner with two losers including Southend. Luton saw a fight between Ryanair and Easyjet on the Copenhagen route making it Luton's busiest route. As soon as Ryanair won the battle they retreated back to Stansted with their win leaving Luton with a few crumbs. It seems history is going to repeat itself with Southend also being a victim as it is already looking like Wizz could be in for a short stay which will be a big shame.
Stobart must be looking on in disbelief as Ryanair is now calling the shots. Then EZY shifted it to LTN 3 x daily, and along came FR to join them matching the frequency. £10 returns followed, until EZY gave up and FR returned the route to STN at the same frequency it always had been. This time there is a new entrant to SEN operating some routes the airport has never had to some routes the incumbents don’t serve. What happens next is anyone’s guess but it’s not a foregone conclusion FR will win this time although there are more questions than answers (what next? what happens next summer when summer routes are ramped up and they can’t fit them into the schedule?) |
Originally Posted by DC3 Dave
(Post 10551998)
There must be a mole at SEN (or Wizz) for FR to react so quickly. Or are we looking at matters from the wrong perspective? Maybe Wizz knew in advance what FR had planned for the winter and decided to aim a blow to their proverbials just because they could?
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AP, you would know better than me. Who is likely to win this battle? Seems to me that underestimating Wizz's resolve and resources is something you do at considerable risk. Only worth doing if FR have serious long term ambitious at SEN.
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It has certainly taken the gloss off from the start of the day. Plenty of potential new routes from Southend and now we have two players announcing the same new routes on the same day. In the short term it will be great for SEN with passengers chasing £10 fares but the party won’t last long. For Stobart their mission will be to keep Wizz at the airport with Ryanair trying to force them out. Deepest pockets comes to mind and Ryanair has the deepest pockets. As for Ryanair they have no commitment to any airport apart from a few big players so forcing Wizz to leave means no long term commitment to Southend. |
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