Its being reported this morning. The route will be four times daily. Lots of articles mention that the service is following an agreement between LHR, The Government and Flybe. The local MP has lobbied hard for this and I assume LHR are happy to help as it boosts their argument that LHR expansion will mean better domestic connections. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-e...ost_type=share

According to twitter these are the timings:
BE801 NQY 0720-0830 LHR
BE803 NQY 1055-1205 LHR
BE805 NQY 1430-1540 LHR
BE807 NQY 1845-1955 LHR

BE802 LHR 0915-1025 NQY
BE804 LHR 1245-1355 NQY
BE806 LHR 1620-1730 NQY
BE808 LHR 2040-2150 NQY

I'm not sure the need to question it. I've linked to the BBC which is as reputable a source as any. It's also been tweeted by Heathrow and Newquay and the local MP.

Four return services a day, bit over the top. Could think of better use of those slots. Of course all this depends on Flybe surviving the winter.

They operated Gatwick 3 daily on the E195 4 daily won't be a problem and provides Newquay the hub route it's been looking for.

Ironically it may well have relevance to SEN.
As a west country resident using NQY/LGW for European connections I would now almost certainly switch to NQY/SEN rather than LHR because the airport is so user friendly.
LHR for long haul of course so this change may just bring some benefits to SEN and in that respect is relevant.

... because SEN has such an extensive European network for connections:rolleyes:

I was thinking the same. Southend is no Gatwick that is for sure.

I think SEN has its own catchment area and won't be too affected by LHR. In fact I am sure many of the LGW pax could well live nearer to SEN but of course the timetable is the important part.

Comic statements...

Some common sense logic & a nice touch of reality will do it...

BTW why draw STN into your aside at LTN,but it happens on this thread anyway I know as I have noted & mentioned many times when SEN encounters cloud.

The post in question was about Gatwick connections Vs Southend connections and nothing else.

Wow!!! I only asked if Flybe's decision would possibly have any affect on SEN-NQY next year. My own thought is probably not, for despite Stobart's talk of business users traveling to the city choosing SEN, I believe the route will serve a completely different demographic, serving leisure users traveling west.

Thanks for all the responses, even the crazy ones.

I am old enough to remember when Stansted couldn't get passengers for love nor money and in later years when Stelios was told by the experts he was joking if he thought flights from Luton would be a success.

I know little about the Southend catchment area but what I do know is if there is a hub airport in South East England that allows me to fly from the far South West (Cornwall is not in England by the way) to somewhere I want to go, then I will use that over a huge airport with five terminals that takes me a week to get through or a two hour drive to Exeter.. Hence my post.

GROUNDHOG...

Much creditability is lost in your post with that second paragraph above...

I read it that you are describing SEN as "a hub airport in South East England"....seriously?...

And as for the little geo political aside"(Cornwall is not in England by the way)" please take your issues elsewhere.

For once I agree with you. The only feasible connecting flights from NQY via SEN would be to GRQ or AMS and the former cannot be booked as a through flight on the Flybe website while the latter would obviously be a separate booking on easyJet.

The main question is will leisure travellers to Cornwall from the South East chose SEN in preference to LHR any more or less than they would do so in preference to LGW. Who knows but perhaps some would feel more comfortable using SEN than LHR, a complex airport which many of them may never have used before while they would perhaps be somewhat more familiar with LGW. Comparative fare levels will also have some effect of course as they always do.

I see Laker's Bar has been replaced by the Navigator Pub. Worth noting there is a choice of beers from the Leigh-on-Sea brewery. I can personally recommend the Cockle Row Spit. I believe the availability of these beers is exclusive to Southend Airport and provides yet another incentive to those deciding which London airport to depart from.

Enjoy your imbibing DC3 Dave...

It is a shame though a name synonymous with Southend & BTW Stansted in earlier times is replaced with the standard generic & boring no thought style of rebrand above the door.

Then you didn't read it properly, I said if there was a hub airport.... Of course if I flew NQY/SEN/??? then by default it becomes my hub airport.
The quip was meant to add a little humour, thanks for the invitation to take it elsewhere but it is staying right here.

Gordon Bennett GROUNHOG you just have to be more expressive than you were initially as it was all over my `ed.

Being just an Essex geezer it is a struggle with other`s humour obviously then too.

Oh dear...

I attempt to provide what I deem to be any relevant detail concerning STN & elsewhere I certainly do not "slag off" posters...a lovely turn of phrase if I may say.

Your options are boundless...including debating & engaging properly...for instance was it your good self that mentioned on the STN thread recently that you were involved in the original Stansted development as there is a bit of a discussion going on over there which you could possibly interact & help with.

If you do not like my phraseology in posts then no requirement for personal attacks as you can hit the complaint button as advised by mods perhaps or press ignore.

Otherwise it makes you no better than you purport me to be I would hazard.

Carlisle
 

It never went away. Only problem is if you click on the Loganair link to book you won't find Carlisle listed.

Anyone got any idea how Paderborn is performing after its very rocky first flight?

The natives at the northerly end of SEN's runway are getting very upset about the amount of night flights and the corresponding noise it generates. Apparently the airport CEO has been dispatched to attend a local meeting to face the complaints head on.

Everyone is entailed to a good nights sleep including those that live near an airport. Stobart is making money out of other peoples misery.

It needn't be misery for them - I'm sure I remember seeing in the Noise Action Plan a duty bestowed upon the airport operator by the local authority to supply triple glazing (or other noise reducing measures) to any dwelling adversely affected by noise from the airport. May be someone else more closely interested in the airport could confirm that to be the case?

What an odd criticism to aim specifically at Stobart. Surely all airport operators could be accused of that and as LTN is owned by the local authority would you not expect them to be particularly concerned if "misery" was being caused by LTN's night flights? I haven't seen anything to suggest that they are.

Are SEN operating outside of their planning approval hours of operations? If so, then to what extent: infrequently, or becoming an increasing trend on a daily or weekly basis? Any data available to illustrate the factual position of movements outside approved hours of normal business operations?